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From: Bardeban on 1 May 2010 02:29

"jinxy" <willandsue(a)rogers.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 30, 9:51 pm, "Bardeban" <barde...(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
> "jinxy" <willand...(a)rogers.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ec9ebe58-857f-4ea3-8979-1d730abbae80(a)a21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Greetings all, I am working on an Acer Aspire AM1640-b1408A E2160
> > system with Vista home basic. It looks like the mobo is branded Acer,
> > but with a sticker that says: 001D92A3E07D. I cannot get this thing to
> > boot. I have tried the following steps: First I unplugged everything.
> > Next tried another power supply, then different ram,a different DVD
> > rom. I pulled the HDD and was able to hook it up to another pc and the
> > drive runs fine, so that should rule out a HDD failure. I also tried
> > Hirens 10. boot disk but no joy there.I even went as far as to change
> > the cmos battery. Still the problem remains, No boot! Have I missed
> > something in my process of elimination? If you have any thoughts or
> > ideas on this matter, I would be glad to hear them.
> > Thanks for your time.
> > -J
>
> Did you try to clear CMOS and than click to save BIOS default on exit from
> bios setting?
> Are you sure your CPU on this mobo is OK?


Did you try to clear CMOS and than click to save BIOS default on exit
from
> bios setting?

I can't get into bios screen. I would think that removing the battery
would reset the bios to default settings, is that not correct? Tried
restarting and tapping F2 and F8, no go.
Am starting to think that this board may truly be dead.

> Are you sure your CPU on this mobo is OK?

What would lead you to think that the CPU was at fault? I will pull
the CPU, regrease and reseat, and see what happens.

Anyone else with a possible solution , please feel free to jump right
in.
-J

If you overclocked the CPU, there is a chance that you burned it.
Did you try different video card?
NN.


From: Mike Tomlinson on 1 May 2010 21:35
In article <bcbdab4a-c04c-4207-8342-0f0f33d00bc4(a)p2g2000yqh.googlegroups
..com>, jinxy <willandsue(a)rogers.com> writes
>
>Anyone else with a possible solution , please feel free to jump right
>in.

You have connected the 4-pin additional power connector? That feeds
power to the processor voltage regulator circuitry and is easy to
overlook. Without it the machine won't boot. Been caught out by this a
few times.

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