[Tfug] need to borrow video card for troubleshooting

[Samuel Wales]

Well, the board has not beeped in years or ever.  We tried a new
speaker, no beep.  The keyboard i think ilghts up, but if you press fn
lock it stays lit.  The machine booted once since it stopped working.
The CD drive blinks continuously but removing it still does not make
the MB POST.  Brand new stable PSU that worked fine for a few weeks at
least.


On 7/23/08, Samuel Wales <samologist at gmail.com> wrote:
> It is a 2001 model, not a 1991 model.  decades, schmecades.
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> On 7/22/08, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> We have a motherboard that will not POST, and our last
>>> resort is to
>>> try another video card.  Would anyone have one that we can
>>> try, to see
>>> if that is the problem?
>>
>> Do the leds on the keyboard flash?  Does numlock/capslock
>> have any affect on the respective LED?
>>
>> Do you get a beep from the machine?
>>
>> If it really *is* dead, look for bad caps.  I am assuming
>> you have already verified that the power supply is OK...
>> and have removed all other *loads* -- disks, cd, pci cards,
>> etc. -- tht could be a source of problem (cheap modem
>> cards often short out a supply)
>>
>>> The motherboard, which is a 1991 model, has a 2x/4x mode
>>> AGP slot and PCI slots.
>>>
>>> It would make things much, much easier if it has a DVI
>>> output.
>>
>> You can pick one up at WorldCare for $2.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> --don
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