First post, by jheronimus
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Hi, all!
Got myself this Supermicro P54VL-PCI motherboard
It's a VLB Socket 5 board that I'd really like to use, but unfortunately it doesn't start. The best I could get is one long repeating beep and the POST card indicating some RAM issues.
The board came to me with a destroyed tantalum capacitor:
I've replaced the capacitor, installed a new CMOS battery. Here is what I've tried so far:
- different CPUs. 75, 90 and 100 MHz (the only ones officially supported) from Intel and AMD — 5 in total. Different jumper settings, too;
- different videocards: an S3 968 for PCI, a Tseng ET6000 for PCI, a Cirrus Logic GD-CL5428 for VLB and some Realtek for ISA;
- different power supplies;
- different RAM modules, both FPM and EDO (though the board should support both).
The board doesn't appear to be dead — there is a power LED on the board that gets green, the CPU gets hot, so does the VRM. The indicators on the keyboards flash for a moment on boot, but the keyboard doesn't react to keystrokes.
What else should I try?
