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From: XP User on 15 Oct 2007 15:39 Thanks in advance to this group of techies. My Buddy flashed his Abit IC7-G that was running great with a P4 3.2, 1 Gig of Kingston, WD Sata, GF4 128 AGP, Plextor DVD burner, 450 Watt PC Power and Cooling PS. After what appeared to be a successful flash, he rebooed and Nothing. No video. Powers up the CPU fan, Chipset Fan, hard drive hits and then just sits there. We assumed he messed up the BIOS chip, so we ordered a new one from Abit, GUESS what, SAME THING........ .. I have read this group from top to bottom. Taken MB out of case Swapped Memory Swapped CPU Swapped Video Delete Key, Insert Key, Battery out, Disconnect PS, Checked all connections, Replaced PS with new 550w Tried a PCI Video Card Changed Monitors Taken all cards out and disconnet HD, Rom, except Video. Moved memory around, tried one slot, tried Dual Channel arrangement Even took out BIOS chip and reseated it and put the old one back in. No bad burn marks on PS connections, No visible capacito bubbles or marks, No smell. Just don't understand that everything was working great and now nothing. Looking for additional suggestions or help. xp user
From: Mark Pryor on 30 Oct 2007 01:33 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:39:57 -0400, XP User wrote: > Thanks in advance to this group of techies. > > My Buddy flashed his Abit IC7-G that was running great with a P4 3.2, > 1 Gig of Kingston, WD Sata, GF4 128 AGP, Plextor DVD burner, 450 Watt > PC Power and Cooling PS. After what appeared to be a successful > flash, he rebooed and Nothing. No video. Powers up the CPU fan, > Chipset Fan, hard drive hits and then just sits there. We assumed he > messed up the BIOS chip, so we ordered a new one from Abit, GUESS > what, SAME THING........ > . > I have read this group from top to bottom. > > Taken MB out of case > Swapped Memory > Swapped CPU > Swapped Video > Delete Key, Insert Key, Battery out, Disconnect PS, Checked all > connections, > Replaced PS with new 550w > Tried a PCI Video Card > Changed Monitors > Taken all cards out and disconnet HD, Rom, except Video. > Moved memory around, tried one slot, tried Dual Channel arrangement > Even took out BIOS chip and reseated it and put the old one back in. > No bad burn marks on PS connections, No visible capacito bubbles or > marks, No smell. > > Just don't understand that everything was working great and now > nothing. Looking for additional suggestions or help. > xp user Try a live portable executable like Knoppix. You didn't say, but did you flash from Windows? Download the Knoppix ISO, burn it to CD, then boot up with it first in boot order. Now your system will run from a live OS running from the CD, without depending on WinXP or the drive it was installed on. http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/ -- Mark
From: SumGuy on 30 Oct 2007 06:55 "Mark Pryor" <tlviewer(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4726c22d$0$32470$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:39:57 -0400, XP User wrote: > >> Thanks in advance to this group of techies. >> >> My Buddy flashed his Abit IC7-G that was running great with a P4 3.2, >> 1 Gig of Kingston, WD Sata, GF4 128 AGP, Plextor DVD burner, 450 Watt >> PC Power and Cooling PS. After what appeared to be a successful >> flash, he rebooed and Nothing. No video. Powers up the CPU fan, >> Chipset Fan, hard drive hits and then just sits there. We assumed he >> messed up the BIOS chip, so we ordered a new one from Abit, GUESS >> what, SAME THING........ >> . >> I have read this group from top to bottom. >> >> Taken MB out of case >> Swapped Memory >> Swapped CPU >> Swapped Video >> Delete Key, Insert Key, Battery out, Disconnect PS, Checked all >> connections, >> Replaced PS with new 550w >> Tried a PCI Video Card >> Changed Monitors >> Taken all cards out and disconnet HD, Rom, except Video. >> Moved memory around, tried one slot, tried Dual Channel arrangement >> Even took out BIOS chip and reseated it and put the old one back in. >> No bad burn marks on PS connections, No visible capacito bubbles or >> marks, No smell. >> >> Just don't understand that everything was working great and now >> nothing. Looking for additional suggestions or help. >> xp user > > Try a live portable executable like Knoppix. > You didn't say, but did you flash from Windows? > > Download the Knoppix ISO, burn it to CD, then boot up with it first > in boot order. Now your system will run from a live OS running from the > CD, without depending on WinXP or the drive it was installed on. > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/ > > -- > Mark How is knoppix meant to work if the machine doesn't POST, or can a linux distro resurrect dead machines now? @OP The PSU may need a HDD connected to make it turn on. Some PSUs require a load before they deliver power. Was it the same BIOS you flashed with that died before? It's been a while since I've flashed an Abit board, does it have a "rescue" option, where you place a different BIOS on a floppy or CDROM, then as the machine boots if it detects a bad BIOS it will search for another on removeable media. Someone posted a message before about the flashing 2 boards with the same BIOS and it killed them both, can't recall if it was abit or not. Apart form clearing the CMOS and making sure the jumpers are set correctly it sounds like you've tried everything else.
From: XP User on 31 Oct 2007 17:20 Thanks guys. With no Video or nothing coming up on the screen, I am unable to try the first suggestion. .. It was flashed from Dos with a floppy disk and the only option you had was to save your old .rom etc. I am assuming the one we ordered was the latest version BIOS ( they state it would be ) so there you go. I just this week took out the BIOS chip and reseated it to no evail and even put the old one back in and still no post. Even tried a couple of other CPU's and some additional mem and video cards. It appears something has killed a part or power cap. or something. Just a shame. It is out of warrenty and I don't have a clue who could repair it. I am still open to suggestions. Thanks once again. XP User On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:39:57 -0400, XP User <xpuser(a)public.com> wrote: > >Thanks in advance to this group of techies. > >My Buddy flashed his Abit IC7-G that was running great with a P4 3.2, >1 Gig of Kingston, WD Sata, GF4 128 AGP, Plextor DVD burner, 450 Watt >PC Power and Cooling PS. After what appeared to be a successful >flash, he rebooed and Nothing. No video. Powers up the CPU fan, >Chipset Fan, hard drive hits and then just sits there. We assumed he >messed up the BIOS chip, so we ordered a new one from Abit, GUESS >what, SAME THING........ >. >I have read this group from top to bottom. > >Taken MB out of case >Swapped Memory >Swapped CPU >Swapped Video >Delete Key, Insert Key, Battery out, Disconnect PS, Checked all >connections, >Replaced PS with new 550w >Tried a PCI Video Card >Changed Monitors >Taken all cards out and disconnet HD, Rom, except Video. >Moved memory around, tried one slot, tried Dual Channel arrangement >Even took out BIOS chip and reseated it and put the old one back in. >No bad burn marks on PS connections, No visible capacito bubbles or >marks, No smell. > >Just don't understand that everything was working great and now >nothing. Looking for additional suggestions or help. >xp user
From: Jim on 31 Oct 2007 22:00
XP, > It appears something has killed a part or power cap. �or something. > Just a shame. ��It is out of warrenty and I don't have a clue who > could repair it. �������I am still open to suggestions. http://www.badcaps.net/ -- Jim Lilly Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZASS 7.0 http://www.virtual-access.org 6.01 build 1 Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2600 |