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Abit BP6 system will not POST



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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Owen B. Mehegan wrote:

> A few days ago, I woke up and found my computer frozen. I reset it, and the
> system would not come back up. The drives would spin, but the system did not
> beep and wouldn't POST. Eventually, I took out one CPU, and the box seemed
> to boot fine. Awhile later, however, it crashed again, and would not reboot.
> After a few more tries, I got it to load and run the memory test, and then
> it failed again. Sometimes the system does not even POST. Other times it
> stops running/freezes after the memory test, during the OS loading process,
> or in the BIOS settings menus - NEVER seen that happen before.

   I'll be the third (or so) person to recommend checking your power
supply.  SMP boxes are pretty hungry, and tend to be more sensitive to
power problems than single CPU systems.  I had a dual P233MMX system
behave exactly the way yours is, and after swapping/removing everything I
decided to drop in a different MB.  When I pulled the power connectors I
noticed that all of the +5V pins (red leads on an AT supply) had been
scorched and the connector partially melted.  Neither that board or that
PS have worked right since.

   Hopefully your situation isn't so bad.  You might only need a new 
supply.


- -- 
     -Matt

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the
stupidity of your action. 
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