First post, by appiah4
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- l33t++
I have a FIC PA-2013 Socket 7 motherboard with 2MB L2 cache. I was going to use it for a Socket 7 build, when I found out the other day that it was dead as a doorknob.
The facts:
- This board was working when I shelved it 6mos ago
- Current behaviour when turned on:
+ CPU gets warm (I did not try to measure voltage at the CPU socket)
+ Case fans do not spin (There is 0V on the fan headers)
+ No IC gets uncomfortably warm. Actually, even VRMs don't get warm (I did not try to measure voltage outputs from the VRMs)
+ Post card shows nothing, there are no beeps
+ I have tried reseating the BIOS chip and replaced the CMOS battery to no effect (I can't read or reprogram the BIOS chip as it is a socketed PLCC and I have a vanilla 866II-Plus..)
I know that this board has flaky VRMs, and particularly the 3.3V supply to the AGP slot can die out if you try demanding cards like Voodoo 3. The card that ran on this oard last was a Voodoo Banshee. (I did not measure voltage at the AGP slot.)
Any avice on how to troubleshoot this would be appreciated.
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