candle_86 wrote:could just be a bad board, if someone removed every jumper it may have been to add them to spare parts before getting rid of the boardI
I hope not 😲 this board still looks good
Tetrium wrote:No beep codes? […]
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No beep codes?
Do all the components work in other systems? If you know everything works except for the motherboard, then you'll at least know it's the motherboard.
Reseat everything and be minimalistic when running diagnostics (least amount of memory modules, no sound card, etc).
Reset the BIOS (you could leave the battery out for a while). I'll typically do 24 hours and spend the rest of my time on other projects.
CPU and RAM are fine, I think maybe is the chip on the board or power supply circuit have some problems (No any beep sound) 😵
I tried took out the battery for 24 hours and replaced the new one, unfortunately this board let me down again.
Frasco wrote:Let's get to it. Start from start: […]
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Let's get to it. Start from start:
Push down any socketed chip (I am not saying to bend the motherboard). 😵 😵
Look for shorted caps, although I don't know if this apply to this Motherboard (I have been using
this trick on newer motherboards).
Push down the chipset (hold steady) and turn on the PSU. Doing so, you will known if there is
something wrong with the solder if you get to the POST (POST screen).
* Checking if the chips are getting warm is important, too, including the CPU.
Take out the BIOS chip carefully. Dude, you really want to know what you are doing here.
I have bent some of those chips along the way. When putting it back to the socket, put it
in the correct orientation (there is a guide, a mark on the motherboard and on the BIOS chip).
Maybe there is rust on the metal. but i didn't see anything (just a shattered label).
Just some long shoots. Good luck.
Good suggestions 😊 but the chips looks welded well (no pseudo soldering or short)
I think that BIOS IC more than 20 years old, maybe it's already broken 😢
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Thanks for you guys replied, I tried many different way to boot it, but still got nothing.... 😐
So I use my voltmeter to measure the input voltage from power supply, the result is 4.88V and 11.89V (It should be 5V and 12V), maybe the voltage is too low resulted in the chips can't work?
(BIOS IC get 4.86V, PCI slot get 4.89V) (I tried give 5.03V to BIOS IC from mobile power bank, but nothing happend 😵 )
