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From: Bill on 11 Feb 2007 21:01 In article <3GNzh.75162$qO4.32664(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.net>, no_re_horton_jr_maps(a)hotmail.com says... > > <snip> > Well, no joy. The battery was at 3.15 volts. I changed it anyway but as > you would expect, nothing happened. I took the machine down to the MB, a > stick of known-good 512 RAM, the video card, the HDD's, the DVD, and the > floppy and nothing happened. I checked out the power supply with the > voltmeter and everything looked OK there. Watching closely, though, the > busy light on the floppy never comes on now (it did when this whole thing > started). The floppy has 5 volts on one side of the power cord and 12 volts > on the other and the cabling is correct (heck, it worked for a year). I > tried once more to reseat all the cables and no joy. I took a look at the > processor and there is no visual sign of overheating. My guess at this > point is that the board is dead. It is just now coming up on a year old, so > I guess I'll see what ASUS has to say on this. Any other suggestions are > gratefully appreciated. Once again, TIA (and thanks again to all who have > helped thus far). > > Sorry to hear that, sometimes feces occurs. I'd get rolling on the rma before it' goes out of warranty. Worse comes to worse at least the board is still being sold so there would be a minimum amount of problems in replacing your broken one. Bill -- Gmail and Google Groups. This century's answer to AOL and WebTV.
From: Paul G on 11 Feb 2007 22:39 There's a chance it might be a bad BIOS. Is there a local computer store that might sell this particular mobo? If so, go buy a new one and replace the BIOS to see if it migh work. However, I think it might be best to just RMA the board before the warranty runs out. In any case, good luck. "Bob Horton" <no_re_horton_jr_maps(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3GNzh.75162$qO4.32664(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.net... > > Well, no joy. The battery was at 3.15 volts. I changed it anyway but as > you would expect, nothing happened. I took the machine down to the MB, a > stick of known-good 512 RAM, the video card, the HDD's, the DVD, and the > floppy and nothing happened. I checked out the power supply with the > voltmeter and everything looked OK there. Watching closely, though, the > busy light on the floppy never comes on now (it did when this whole thing > started). The floppy has 5 volts on one side of the power cord and 12 > volts on the other and the cabling is correct (heck, it worked for a > year). I tried once more to reseat all the cables and no joy. I took a > look at the processor and there is no visual sign of overheating. My > guess at this point is that the board is dead. It is just now coming up > on a year old, so I guess I'll see what ASUS has to say on this. Any > other suggestions are gratefully appreciated. Once again, TIA (and thanks > again to all who have helped thus far). > > -- > Bob Horton
From: Bob Horton on 12 Feb 2007 13:31 "Paul G" <paul_gnr(a)yahooooo.com> wrote in message news:4kRzh.3008$7s2.1393(a)trndny07... > There's a chance it might be a bad BIOS. Is there a local computer > store that might sell this particular mobo? If so, go buy a new one > and replace the BIOS to see if it migh work. > > However, I think it might be best to just RMA the board before the > warranty runs out. > > In any case, good luck. > > "Bob Horton" <no_re_horton_jr_maps(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:3GNzh.75162$qO4.32664(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.net... >> >> Well, no joy. The battery was at 3.15 volts. I changed it anyway but as >> you would expect, nothing happened. I took the machine down to the MB, a >> stick of known-good 512 RAM, the video card, the HDD's, the DVD, and the >> floppy and nothing happened. I checked out the power supply with the >> voltmeter and everything looked OK there. Watching closely, though, the >> busy light on the floppy never comes on now (it did when this whole thing >> started). The floppy has 5 volts on one side of the power cord and 12 >> volts on the other and the cabling is correct (heck, it worked for a >> year). I tried once more to reseat all the cables and no joy. I took a >> look at the processor and there is no visual sign of overheating. My >> guess at this point is that the board is dead. It is just now coming up >> on a year old, so I guess I'll see what ASUS has to say on this. Any >> other suggestions are gratefully appreciated. Once again, TIA (and >> thanks again to all who have helped thus far). >> >> -- >> Bob Horton > > Well, things just keep getting weirder. I bought another one of the boards (identical). I put everything back together exactly as it was before. The machine posted, then went into Windows. It loaded about halfway through then through up a BSOD. The error was non-informative (just a "stop" message with a bunch of numbers and no text). On the re-boot, I got the "bad boot sector" message again!!! I have let the thing try to reinstall the BIOS a least a dozen times with no joy. I even re-named the latest BIOS release to the default name and let it install the BIOS from the floppy with no joy. I am afraid to try the CMOS reset procedure, as last time I did that I wound up with a machine that would do nothing. I have no clue as to what to try next. I am very open to suggestions. I have never experienced anything like this. I don't think I've ever been at a point with a computer where I had no idea what to even try next. Suggestions please! TIA! -- Bob Horton
From: Bob Horton on 13 Feb 2007 22:43 "Bob Horton" <rehorton_jr_no_maps(a)hotmaill.com> wrote in message news:Yn2Ah.43755$Gr2.12199(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.net... > > "Paul G" <paul_gnr(a)yahooooo.com> wrote in message > news:4kRzh.3008$7s2.1393(a)trndny07... >> There's a chance it might be a bad BIOS. Is there a local computer >> store that might sell this particular mobo? If so, go buy a new one >> and replace the BIOS to see if it migh work. >> >> However, I think it might be best to just RMA the board before the >> warranty runs out. >> >> In any case, good luck. >> >> "Bob Horton" <no_re_horton_jr_maps(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:3GNzh.75162$qO4.32664(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.net... >>> >>> Well, no joy. The battery was at 3.15 volts. I changed it anyway but >>> as you would expect, nothing happened. I took the machine down to the >>> MB, a stick of known-good 512 RAM, the video card, the HDD's, the DVD, >>> and the floppy and nothing happened. I checked out the power supply >>> with the voltmeter and everything looked OK there. Watching closely, >>> though, the busy light on the floppy never comes on now (it did when >>> this whole thing started). The floppy has 5 volts on one side of the >>> power cord and 12 volts on the other and the cabling is correct (heck, >>> it worked for a year). I tried once more to reseat all the cables and >>> no joy. I took a look at the processor and there is no visual sign of >>> overheating. My guess at this point is that the board is dead. It is >>> just now coming up on a year old, so I guess I'll see what ASUS has to >>> say on this. Any other suggestions are gratefully appreciated. Once >>> again, TIA (and thanks again to all who have helped thus far). >>> >>> -- >>> Bob Horton >> >> > > Well, things just keep getting weirder. I bought another one of the > boards (identical). I put everything back together exactly as it was > before. The machine posted, then went into Windows. It loaded about > halfway through then through up a BSOD. The error was non-informative > (just a "stop" message with a bunch of numbers and no text). On the > re-boot, I got the "bad boot sector" message again!!! I have let the > thing try to reinstall the BIOS a least a dozen times with no joy. I even > re-named the latest BIOS release to the default name and let it install > the BIOS from the floppy with no joy. I am afraid to try the CMOS reset > procedure, as last time I did that I wound up with a machine that would do > nothing. I have no clue as to what to try next. I am very open to > suggestions. I have never experienced anything like this. I don't think > I've ever been at a point with a computer where I had no idea what to even > try next. Suggestions please! TIA! > > -- > > Bob Horton Ignoring etiquette, I'm responding to my own post here as a kind of "bump". I've had to go out of town on an unplanned trip and haven't been at the machine since my post mid-day yesterday. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible that a malfunctioning device (like a video card or something) is frying the MB? As a follow-up (and I realize this might be better posted on a MS group), based on experience does anyone know what would be the chances of me winding up with a functioning OS and functioning installed programs if I installed a new socket 2 Asus board and AMD processor into my current system? As a precaution I would also change the power supply. Again, TIA for any suggestions from anyone. -- Bob Horton
From: rflynn4_nospam on 13 Feb 2007 23:19
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:31:20 GMT, "Bob Horton" <rehorton_jr_no_maps(a)hotmaill.com> wrote: > >"Paul G" <paul_gnr(a)yahooooo.com> wrote in message >news:4kRzh.3008$7s2.1393(a)trndny07... >> There's a chance it might be a bad BIOS. Is there a local computer >> store that might sell this particular mobo? If so, go buy a new one >> and replace the BIOS to see if it migh work. >> >> However, I think it might be best to just RMA the board before the >> warranty runs out. >> >> In any case, good luck. >> >> "Bob Horton" <no_re_horton_jr_maps(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:3GNzh.75162$qO4.32664(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.net... >>> >>> Well, no joy. The battery was at 3.15 volts. I changed it anyway but as >>> you would expect, nothing happened. I took the machine down to the MB, a >>> stick of known-good 512 RAM, the video card, the HDD's, the DVD, and the >>> floppy and nothing happened. I checked out the power supply with the >>> voltmeter and everything looked OK there. Watching closely, though, the >>> busy light on the floppy never comes on now (it did when this whole thing >>> started). The floppy has 5 volts on one side of the power cord and 12 >>> volts on the other and the cabling is correct (heck, it worked for a >>> year). I tried once more to reseat all the cables and no joy. I took a >>> look at the processor and there is no visual sign of overheating. My >>> guess at this point is that the board is dead. It is just now coming up >>> on a year old, so I guess I'll see what ASUS has to say on this. Any >>> other suggestions are gratefully appreciated. Once again, TIA (and >>> thanks again to all who have helped thus far). >>> >>> -- >>> Bob Horton >> >> > >Well, things just keep getting weirder. I bought another one of the boards >(identical). I put everything back together exactly as it was before. The >machine posted, then went into Windows. It loaded about halfway through >then through up a BSOD. The error was non-informative (just a "stop" >message with a bunch of numbers and no text). On the re-boot, I got the >"bad boot sector" message again!!! I have let the thing try to reinstall >the BIOS a least a dozen times with no joy. I even re-named the latest BIOS >release to the default name and let it install the BIOS from the floppy with >no joy. I am afraid to try the CMOS reset procedure, as last time I did >that I wound up with a machine that would do nothing. I have no clue as to >what to try next. I am very open to suggestions. I have never experienced >anything like this. I don't think I've ever been at a point with a computer >where I had no idea what to even try next. Suggestions please! TIA! Hi: I installed 2 of these motherboards when they first came out. An odd thing you had to do was to enable the Parallel Port in BIOS Setup whether you were going to be using it or not. I 've never spotted an admitted fix for this in any BIOS flash or nVidia software update so I've just left the port enabled for no other reason. Give that a shot. Happy trailz, Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |