First post, by 386_junkie
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Hey all,
I've been away from the community for a while... and its good to be back. In the time away I've navigated various life/personal things and I'm about ready to progress some long standing projects that are still there waiting to be finished... it will happen... honest!
Anyhoo... this brings me to my questions, and please excuse, I'm a little rusty and may have to refresh my memory (no pun intended!) on some things.
1st question is on motherboard caps... and this more of just a sanity check as I know old caps can fail in numerous ways and don't even need to look bad externally to be internally dead, though has anyone found that with older 486 boards (not so much experience here... I was 386 usually) that electrolytic have prevented their motherboard from posting... especially if they haven't powered it up in a while?
2nd question... If there are no motherboard beeps... this generally suggests a CPU issue yes? I generally remember getting beeps in the past when there was RAM or graphic card issues... but found CPU issues just gave a blank screen.
3rd question... ISA / PCI POST error cards with segment displays... has anyone used them, are they helpful or limited in their diagnostic capabilities?
I suspect my issue is with a cap near the CPU, and I'm wondering if it is worthwhile to use a POST card to pinpoint the issue (if they're good and since they're cheap) before going ahead and replacing the cap... will likely replace them all anyway as part of the board refurb.
Any help or comments would be great!
Thanks