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A motherboard that won't POST home...
Posted on: Fri Sep 15, 2006 08:16 AM
After removing EVERYTHING from my computer (all boards and drives), and after cleaning the entire case, and after carefully and with the utmost care placing the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and video card, the computer won't POST...
*big sigh*
So I have to figure out what the problem is. I've tried turning the computer on with only RAM and CPU in place, with RAM, CPU and video card in place, and even went so far as to unplug the RAM but keep the video card in. In all instances, there was no system beep and I tested each configuration twice, each time with the speaker plugged in both possible ways.
Initial talks with friends and people in the hardware community indicate that the problem may be a bad motherboard, but I don't want to believe that my brand new hardware has ALREADY failed and it has not been in my hands for more than 3-4 hours.
I'll keep everyone posted about the problem, but I will greatly appreciate your input as to what might be causing this problem
*big sigh*
So I have to figure out what the problem is. I've tried turning the computer on with only RAM and CPU in place, with RAM, CPU and video card in place, and even went so far as to unplug the RAM but keep the video card in. In all instances, there was no system beep and I tested each configuration twice, each time with the speaker plugged in both possible ways.
Initial talks with friends and people in the hardware community indicate that the problem may be a bad motherboard, but I don't want to believe that my brand new hardware has ALREADY failed and it has not been in my hands for more than 3-4 hours.
I'll keep everyone posted about the problem, but I will greatly appreciate your input as to what might be causing this problem
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By EER @ Fri Sep 15, 2006 02:00 PM
I'm afraid your friends and people in the hardware community may be right.
You could try a BIOS reset ( unplug the PSU and the battery from the motherboard for a few minutes ), but I doubt it would work.