[Gllug] Hardware help needed

[Xander D Harkness]

Andy McGarty wrote:

>>On Sunday 24 Nov 2002 12:31 pm, Alain Williams wrote:
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>>>I changed video card, no difference.
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>>I suspect your mb is knackered or the chip has been cracked/cooked. Try a
>>different Socket A chip in the motherboard. If that works, your
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>motherboard
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>>is knackered. If it doesn't, your chip is fried.
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>(I think the above is round the wrong way, buts its just a logic typo!!)
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>A couple of last gasps of desperation would be to:
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>a) turn it on whilst holding down the escape key (on some MBs this resets
>the non vol memory)
>b) look for a jumper that empties the non-vol memory
>c) disconnect from the mains and remove the battery (count to 10 at least,
>to again clear the non vol)
>
An item that has caught me a couple of times is the wiring of the on 
button and reset switch, take your time and check these - even if you 
are conviced they are correct :-)

Kind regards
Xander

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>This has been a last ditch savour for me a couple of times when the
>processor has been changed and the settings in the non vol doesn't match the
>actual processor.
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>Personally I think the motherboard is poorly.  I've had a few DOA MBs but
>never a DOA processors.
>
>Andy
>p.s.  I presume when you press the on switch the processor fan starts and
>the harddrives powerup (or at least did when they were still plugged in).
>p.p.s Are there any POST beeps?  Depending o nthe bios (AMI or Award) these
>can tell you whats going on....
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