Reply 40 of 56, by bjwil1991
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wrote:On the weekend i tried the very same PCCHIPS m919 motherboard with the same PSU, same memory, and the same vga pci card. it boo […]
On the weekend i tried the very same PCCHIPS m919 motherboard with the same PSU, same memory, and the same vga pci card.
it boots, and now it detects the memory correctly 16MB. These motherboards are a lotteryThen today i tried to boot it again, it hanged at the first boot screen that says the Videocard model.
Then i tried to boot like 20 times after that and it failed to POST., always black screen with the monitor on standbyThen i took the motherboard out of the case, inserted the videocard, and it booted fine. 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕
I have no clue of what the hell these pcchips boards have, could it suffer from a bend? It was very common to see that in the 90s the people that built these PCs, placed like a foam sheet between the motherboard and the PC case.
and what keeps the board in place are those small standoff plastic snap that are not very secured because on one side of the board it doesnt have a bracket
Check the solder points on the ISA/VLB slots for any cracks or cold points. If so, reflow the solder on those pins.
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