First post, by NickJ80
I have an Intel AN430TX motherboard with the integrated Yamaha sound chip that will start to boot, get through the memory check, but freeze shortly after before the POST beep. The text on the screen is displayed perfectly until it freezes and then there's some corruption. I've tried several different processors (a Pentium 133, a Pentium 166, and a K6 200), different memory modules, different video cards, and different power supplies. No other peripherals are connected to the motherboard. I have a second AN430TX that has an integrated ATI 3D Rage II+DVD but no integrated audio. The second board boots with all combinations of the components I tried in the other, including the K6 200 that I've read shouldn't work. The first attached image is of the board that freezes during boot, while the second is an image of the board that boots without a problem. Anyone have any ideas what might be going on with the motherboard that would keep it from booting? Bad capacitors? Corrupt BIOS? Bad power regulator?