First post, by kixs
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Got this motherboard with Athlon64 3500+. Put PCI vga card and some DDR400 memory and tried to boot. Fan on CPU spins but nothing on the screen and no beeps.
1. changed the PSU for another 350W Noname. This time it boots but freezes in BIOS.
2. changed memory for another know working one... it doesn't post... but it does in a few retrys...
3. connected the USB CD-Rom and try to boot HIREN's boot cd. It boots and hangs on the menu... after switching more memory I got it to run memtest and it run for good 2 hours without a problem. Then I powered it off and on again... and again no post.
I checked the capacitors... all look good. I put the fan on the southbridge chip as it got really hot. I also managed to flash the bios to the latest. Temperature of the CPU is in the low 30stC. I also tried with a PCI-e card and no difference.
Now I'm out of ideas... there is something wrong and I can't find what!? 🙁
Is it time to give up? 😒
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