Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-18, 00:50

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by retrogamerguy1997

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I think you should focus on trying to get back to step 3. You had a display. Something happened when you removed and reseated the original Flash chip. Unless I missed something, I think the original chip still has the same programming on it that was giving you a garbled display, correct? If so, it …

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Re: When publishers break software on purpose (Adobe in this case)

Posted on 2021-05-17, 17:21

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Didn't Adobe just recently break flash, completely, on all platforms? And this is not even a matter of cracking/activation (as the product has always been free). It simply phones home (I assume) and refuses to run. Is there a workaround? hmmm, flashpoint has flash player and plays flash games just …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-17, 16:58

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by retrogamerguy1997

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the board does not have any FSB jumpers, it's all handled through the BIOS.I don't think contact with cpu was ever the problem seeing as the system ran fine until this whole situation happened.

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Re: The HP Pavilion XE736 Thread

Posted on 2021-05-16, 22:08

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by retrogamerguy1997

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After the untimely death of the Abit BH6 that was from my grandpa, I returned to this computer and have added in the AOPEN AW744L II sound card. No IRQ conflicts in the hp thankfully, but I noticed some popping when playing Doom. And when playing doom the music was muffled, but the sound effects …

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Re: CompactFlash IDE the EVERYTHING?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 23:11

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by retrogamerguy1997

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I support SD2IDE and CF2IDE stuff if you don't care about being 100% era-accurate. if all you want to do is play games, i don't see the huge deal.

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 23:02

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yikes that repair service is almost $200. And the ebay prices for Abit BH6 boards isn't much better being $90+ I agree that the amount is significant, but unless you are dead set on a BH6, you do have other options . For example, high end Asus boards (P2B family and P3B-F) from the same era …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 21:15

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yikes that repair service is almost $200. And the ebay prices for Abit BH6 boards isn't much better being $90+ EDIT: got my hands on a replacement battery and yeah same result. later I'm going to see if there is a power issue but I'm not sure which pins all need to be tested nor do I know how to use …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:26

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by retrogamerguy1997

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I don't have a soldering iron and have no skills in that area. I still have yet to try a new battery and testing power with a multimeter, neither of which I've been able to get my hands on (yet)

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 15:55

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by retrogamerguy1997

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I finally found some cardboard I could rest the motherboard on and powered it on and fans run but no beep codes. I did check the area for debris but only after blowing air on it and getting something in my eye but I couldn't see anything or find any leakage.

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 13:13

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 04:32

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I was advised by the person I've been in contact with to try running the board outside of the case. So I did that I holding in my hands (since I had no place to put it that wasn't metal) only to then see a small light coming from an area by the keyboard and mouse connectors that flickered off and …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 19:06

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Can you recall if there was any message on screen when it failed? For testing the socket, I'd start with looking up a datasheet for the chip to work out where the ground pin(s) are (if you can post the part number that'll help). Then with the power disconnected, check the resistance between a …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 18:46

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If the socket is through hole, can you check the rear side of the motherboard under the PLCC socket? Or if it's surface mount, a picture with the chip removed. I'm wondering if when the socket cracked it may have damaged a via or surface mount pad. Just to recap the steps so far: 1) Was working, …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 18:23

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by retrogamerguy1997

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weedeewee wrote on 2021-05-14, 18:22: Is it possible you scratched the board underneath the bios chips? maybe pushed on a trace and accidentally cut it. maybe, but I wasn't able to physically see any damage but idk.

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 18:15

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Doornkaat wrote on 2021-05-14, 18:15: I'm mean what happens when you try to run the recovery with the new EEPROM installed? I mean I physically can't

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 18:08

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by retrogamerguy1997

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Not suggesting that this is the case, but BH6s are notorious for bad capacitors. I haven't seen a single one that hasn't developed issues until now. Are you sure the timing is not just a coincidence? Just throwing in an idea to consider. I checked the caps and none of them are bulging Whoops, …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:56

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by retrogamerguy1997

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So did the floppy drive read the disk? Of you messed up your flash too badly the board won't be able to boot from floppy. Also did you put the right BIOS image on the recovery floppy? You said you weren't sure about your board revision. yeah the floppy drive read the disk and ran the program. I did …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:50

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pulled out the board, the sticker says v1.01 which lines up with what the information I had earlier. Originally the chip had the HN version of the BIOS and was told to flash the SS version of the BIOS. That flash chip I was given contained the SS version of the BIOS. both the HN and SS bioses are …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:46

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What I mean is for whatever reason your original flash attempt went wrong. The original EEPROM most likely doesn't contain a working BIOS for your board. We also don't know wether the new EEPROM contains the right BIOS for your board revision. Please look up your board's revision and ask whoever …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:41

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by retrogamerguy1997

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could be a case of 2 bad bios chips or : a completely flat bios battery. Put in a new CR2032 coin cell battery from a blister package with an expiry date somewhere in the future. Well if it was a battery issue, I should still get beep codes or something. But when the system was working the bios …

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