Re: [Nolug] Hardware gurus on the northshore

Yes, most definately clear the cmos before anything.

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 16:14, Dave Prentice wrote:
> Chris,
> If the north shore had the same kind of electrical surges we did
> in the last few days, maybe the CMOS got messed up. If you pull out
> everything but the video & keyboard, can you get into a setup screen?
> If so, check to see that it didn't change the kind of memory it's
> looking for, i.e. parity or non-parity.
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krunk <krunkalot@hotpop.com>
> To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Hardware gurus on the northshore
>
>
> >Sounds like the CPU or the Motherboard to me. Otherwise you would get
> a
> >beep code....particularly with bad memory. I don't think you'd get a
> >beep code if you pulled the CPU out due to the processor check
> occurring
> >further up in the POST sequence (like 2 or 3 I think).
> >
> >The best thing to do is find someone with a POST card (or buy one
> >yourself) and see at which point it's locking (I don't have one of
> >these, but you can find them for ~35 iirc) If you want to take a
> >"replace and see" approach, I'd go with the motherboard first unless
> >you've been doing something that would endanger the CPU like severe
> >overclocking.......I've never seen CPU just "go out." Not that it
> >doesn't happen, but it's rare. In the vast majority of cases where
> your
> >getting no beep codes it's the motherboard.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >James
> >
> >On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 07:30, Christoph Boget wrote:
> >> I'm wondering if there are any hardware gurus on the
> >> northshore (Slidell, Mandeville, Hammond, etc)?
> >> Last night, my primary PC died. However, I don't
> >> know enough about hardware to determine the cause. I
> >> was wondering if there was a kind soul out there that
> >> would be willing to take a quick look and see if that
> >> person can determine what, if anything, I'd need to
> >> replace.
> >>
> >> Here's the situation:
> >>
> >> I have an EPoX 8RDA+ motherboard, Athlon 2100+ CPU,
> >> 400W PSU, Radeon 9600 Pro, 3 HDs, 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-RW,
> >> 1 Floppy and 2 controller cards (1 for the 3rd HD,
> >> 1 for the DVD-RW) installed.
> >>
> >> When I turn the computer on, the LED on the MB shows
> >> as FF; the LED doesn't change at all. I can see and
> >> hear the 2 cooling fans, the heat sink fan and the
> >> PSU fan all running. However, I don't hear that HDs
> >> spinning. I also don't hear the click of the floppy
> >> drive as the PC seeks for a boot floppy.
> >>
> >> I've unplugged all the drives (3 HDs, CD-RW, DVD-RW)
> >> to see if that made a difference; perhaps they were
> >> causing too much of a load? Well, no change. I then
> >> removed the 2 controller cards as well. No difference.
> >> I reseated the CPU, video card and RAM. Still, no
> >> difference. I removed the CPU then the RAM then both
> >> at the same time and turned the PC on. IIRC, this
> >> should have caused the MB to beep indicating that a
> >> vital component was missing. No beeps.
> >>
> >> So now I'm down to purchasing a video card, PSU, CPU
> >> and MB in turn to see if any of those fix the problem;
> >> I don't have a spare MB or CPU that I can just switch
> >> out. I just don't know enough to be able to determine
> >> if any one of the above is faulty based on the
> >> symptoms. This is a significant expense (not to
> >> mention amount of time) I'm hoping I can avoid by
> >> getting someone significantly more experienced to take
> >> a quick look.
> >>
> >> This PC is only a little over a year old. I ordered
> >> each part in turn over time and built it myself
> >> last March. I've not put any new hardware into it
> >> since the DVD-RW last June. I've also not installed
> >> any new software since installing a game in early
> >> April. I leave the PC on 24/7 and rarely need to
> >> reboot it. This PC (along with 2 other and 2
> >> monitors) are plugged into a 200W (I believe it is)
> >> UPS and are using the surge protected sockets. The
> >> UPS is plugged into the wall. Neither of the other
> >> PCs have experienced any problems.
> >>
> >> So I'm wondering if there is a kind hearted hardware
> >> guru on the northshore that would be willing to take
> >> a quick look at my PC and see if it can be easily
> >> determined what component might need to be replaced?
> >>
> >> thnx,
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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