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I knew about this problem when I first got the board, and performed the necessary modification to work around it. I had to do it to my first BP6 board which I bought a year and a half ago, so I was prepared when I got the second one :) The VTT voltage has been fine since I modified the board. Also, in response to those who suggested I try a UPS, I've always used one with this system, so I don't think power line conditions are the problem. Last night I replaced the power supply with a known-good one, and still had the same problems, so it looks like I've eliminated that factor as well. Hopefully I'll have more time tonight to experiment. Thanks again everyone :) /owen -----Original Message----- From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org]On Behalf Of David Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:14 PM To: BLU Subject: Re: Abit BP6 system will not POST Owen, Some BP6 boards (rev 1.1 ver 0.41) have a defective power capacitor (see http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~doylep/linux-bp6/). Also if you go into the BIOS ( if you can get that far) see if the the voltages are stable (VTT should not fluctuate more than 0.35 -.5 V) . See http://bp6.gamesquad.net/Q6fix.phtml for some information. David On Monday 25 February 2002 11:55, you 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. > > So far, I have pulled one CPU, re-seated the video card, cleared the CMOS, > and swapped/removed RAM from the system, all without success. Up until now, > the system has run fine, and I've made no recent changes to the hardware. > The problem sounds like it could be heat, but even this morning, after the > system had been off overnight, it would not even POST. Pertinent specs: > > Abit BP6 motherboard > Dual Celeron 533 processors (not overclocked) > 2x 256M Crucial PC 133 memory > > Any suggestions as to what could be causing this problem would be much > appreciated. Thanks! > > /owen > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- .david David Lapointe "A mind stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions" Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss at blu.org http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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