Reply 29900 of 53280, by bjwil1991
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wrote:wrote:what about the A500s […]
what about the A500s
a P3B-F... aaaand another P3B-F nice 😁
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Nice haul!
Are all you P3B-F boards working? I'm fiddling with a PC I got in a lot that had a P3B-F in it, but it won't post. It powers on, onboard LED switches on, but no beeps, no video. Caps all look fine so not sure what the problem is at this stage. Would be a shame to recycle it if it can be saved somehow.
I have a P2B-F and not POSTing either. I'm planning on looking at the solder points, clean the CPU and RAM sockets, and the AGP, PCI, and ISA slots. Caps are good as well and I don't have any spare PC speakers as they are either glued, tossed out, or installed in my other computer that's in storage at the moment. Remove the IDE LED jumper as sometimes, that can cause the system to not boot.
Also, there's a blank, jumperless CMOS clearing on the board labeled CLRTC. Turn the system off, disconnect the power (or turn the PSU switch off), place a flat tip screwdriver on the two solder pads to short them (plastic handle screwdriver is better), release, turn the PSU and the system on, and see what happens. I'll report back later on and see if that fixes my issue.
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