First post, by Smack2k
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- Oldbie
Trying to test my P5A board and having issues where once the PSU (I've tried 3) is plugged in and the PSU switched on, the board power comes on, the CPU fan spins (not at full speed it seems), the PSU Fan spins (not at full speed seems), the lights on my PS/2 Keyboard start blinking over and over. ITs almost like the board is in a constant reset.
I've removed everything but the video card and same issue. Tried PCI and AGP known good video cards... Tried Several RAM configs and different PC100 sticks. I've checked the jumpers for the K6-2 400 I have in there and they are correct. Same issue happened with a P233 MMX I tested with, with those jumpers correct asa well. Reset CMOS, removed teh CMOS battery entirely and same thing each time.
WIth case wires plugged to board (Power Switch, Reset, etc) it makes no difference. As soon as I switch the PSU on, the board tries to boot and the issues above start, blinking keyboard lights and the fans getting some speed but not full and I swear it looks like the fans start and begin to stop but quickly start again and so on (its so fast you have to stare at it to notice the small change in speed). Its like something is causing it to reset. You can hear the CPU fan stop and start repeatedly listening closely to it
Its been taken out of the case and put on test bench and then just on cardboard as well...
Any ideas?
EDIT - I find that if I short the reset pins on the board with a screw driver and hold it there the CPU fans stop and the board seems like it would with PSU on but power not switched on, but as soon as I remove the screw driver, it starts back on its process....