"Cubzilla" <> was hangin' out in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
and figured Thu, 5 May 2005 08:05:07 +0100 would be a good time to
say:
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>"Chilly Willy" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Bought what I think to be a lemon. First install resulted in fans and
>> HDDs whiring but no post beep. Reseating the RAM resulted in the same
>> thing. So I checked for case-shorting by pulling and re-installing the
>> mobo. All was peachy.
>>
>> ...for a couple of weeks.
>>
>> Then I come home from work one day to find my screensaver burning a
>> frozen image into my CRT. A reboot results in fans & HDD whirs but no
>> post beep. Drop the old board in and I'm up and running. Do a table
>> install(no case) and I get fan-whir followed by quick death.
>>
>> Could bad RAM do this? CPU? The board and CPU were online purchases
>> and I want to make sure before I send back what I feel to be the
>> culprit.
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>So let me get this right , when you removed the mobo and re-installed all
>worked well for a couple of weeks...
>
>ie the problem was a short circuit to the chassis caused by you, and you ran
>it like that (with the short) for sometime while you troubleshooted
>
>How is this a lemon. you have probably created the fault yourself.
>
>have you fitted the old cpu and ram with the original mobo ?
>
>The only way to prove whats wrong is by substitution, start with the ram,
>maybe the CPU next ... does the CPU fan spin just before it dies ?
>
>
>regrads
>
Like I say I did a table install laying the board on a non-conductive
surface on a table. The fans start and then immediately stop. Yes the
first thing I tried again was reseating the RAM and I did doublecheck
the CPU. Unfortunately this is a major upgrade and I've got no old RAM
and/or CPU that will fit the new board.
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