will not post at all.

[abrand88]

Jerry,

I now have a serious problem with my motherboard. For a while it posted on and off and now it will not post at all so I have a dead motherboard. I tried the following :

1. I cleared the cmos as per chapter 2- nothing happens when I try and boot up.

2. I changed the power supply and put in a 500 watt power supply.-nothing changed, it didn't boot up t all.

3. Since I have a couple of hard drives one Windows and the other Linux, neither drives posted at all.

4. I tried a different Graphics card- nothing different happened it didn't boot at all.

5. I am missing JP7 so I don't have any options.This setting is for a alternate booting. I have a Chaintech board KT7.

6. I even tried booting up without the hard drive, nothing happened.
7.I removed every board with the exception of the graphics card and nothing happened

As you can see, I am down to a bad cpu or the motherboard. I don't hav e a extra cpu to try so I hope you might have a few tricks for me to try and see if I can get the motherboard working again.

Thanks and I look forward to your help in reviving this motherboard.

Be well.

abrand88

 

[burtsbees]

Touch the CMOS chip when you power on. Be careful, because it may be SUPER hot. If it is, this could be an indication of a fried CMOS chip, in which case the mobo will need to be replaced.

Burt