Reply 80 of 84, by enaiel
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Doornkaat wrote on 2020-10-13, 15:23:What would cause a permanent reset?
Lots of things. My first idea is a missing or wrongly set CMOS jumper or missing CMOS battery but it could also be caused by missing power good signal, a bad or maybe incompatible CPU, all sorts of defective ICs... It's anyone's guess really.
BTW, you were right about the permanent reset. I just noticed the reset LED is constantly lit on the diagnostic card.
TechieDude wrote on 2020-10-16, 22:41:Hmm, have you tried cleaning the slots and the DIMMs? A toothbrush with rubbing alcohol works well for the former, and an eraser can work surprisingly well for the latter. However, since you mention the diagnostic card doesn't show anything, that might be a sign of something deeper. IIRC a diagnostic card should have shown something, even if it were a RAM issue, never used one though tbh. (Can anyone who has used one chime in?) I have a hunch it might be the BIOS chip. Would you happen to have an EEPROM burner?
I don't have an EEPROM burner, though I have been wanting to buy one for a while.
But I think I might try and get a new PSU first. Any suggestions for a good mATX PSU for a Socket 370 system? Regular sized PSUs will not fit in this case.