First post, by LewisRaz
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Hello all. Apologies if this has been asked before.
I have a socket 7 motherboard PCI54IT. I got it 2nd hand untested but it appeared in good condition. There was some rust/early corrosion signs around some of the cache chips however some vinegar appeared to clean it off well with no apparent damage underneath.
I have tried to get it to boot with almost every combination of cache/no cache, ram and clock speeds but have made no progress. The CPU gets warm and the keyboard lights up momentarily.
Would a dead DALLAS RTC cause the system to comepletely fail to post?
I am tempted to try the battery mod to the dallas chip but would rather save the time if this behaviour is not possible from a dead RTC.
Thanks
Lewis