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[NMLUG] Mobo not POSTing
On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:46:47 -0600, you wrote:
>A dead battery will still allow the MB to boot. All you'll lose is
>any custom settings and the date/time.
>
>Bad RAM will still give you beep codes. Sounds like the bios boot
>block is corrupted or something on the mamaboard is fried if you
>don't even get any POST codes.
>
>If you have access to a replacement bios chip, you can try that (if
>it's socketed) otherwise it's new mainboard time.
>
>Ken
Whether or not your battery statement is universally true, the other
side of the coin to try is to clear the CMOS (Configuration Memory
Operating System). There usually is a three-pin jumper to "clear the
bios" (return it to its default settings). Or you can remove the
button battery, then replace it for the same effect. I have revived
mobos that wouldn't P.O.S.T. several times this way.
Steve
Stephen B. Browne
sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
- Walt Disney
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