Abit BP6 system will not POST

[owen at nerdnetworks.org (Owen B. Mehegan)]

The information I've gathered from this list and a few other places is
suggesting the following course of action:

1. Swap the CPUs - that is, put the CPU that I removed into the first socket
and remove the current one.
2. Try a new video card - I have an extra from work that I'm bringing home.
3. Check the power supply - I have an extra 300W one at home that I can try.
The one I had in there was 300W as well, and about a year old I believe.

I'm also going to check to be sure that the motherboard isn't making contact
with the case in places where it shouldn't, but I have a feeling that this
is not the issue - otherwise, it seems that the problem would have come up
before.

Of course, any excuse I can come up with to just ditch this board would be
welcome. It has given me a lot of trouble and these days it makes better
economic sense for me to run a single Athlon than it does to run a pair of
Celerons.

If anyone else has any tips for me, let me know. Thanks to everyone who sent
suggestions :)

/owen
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org]On Behalf Of
Matthew J. Brodeur
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:46 PM
To: BLU Discuss List
Subject: Re: 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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