Acer VI15G locks up when attempted to be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL \ VOGONS

Acer VI15G locks up when attempted to be rebooted with CTRL-ALT-DEL

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First post, by Windows9566

Posted on 2023-03-30, 21:34

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I just got a Acer VI15G, it seems to post but when i try to reboot it using CTRL-ALT-DEL, it just hard locks, is it fixable, i tried everything, disabling cache, removing the l2 cache, tried different SIMM modules, tried different BIOSes, no dice.

R5 7600X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 TI, Win11
P3 750, 384 MB RAM, Matrox G400, Sound Blaster 32, Win98
PMMX 166, 64 MB RAM, S3 Virge DX, Aztech AZT2316R, Win95
486DX2 66, 32 MB RAM, Cirrus Logic GD5430, Aztech AZT2316, DOS

Reply 1 of 3, by Windows9566

Posted on 2023-03-30, 21:57

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i swapped to a DX-33 and it seems to reboot when i CTRL-ALT-DEL, so i guess that DX2-66 i got is a bit faulty

Reply 2 of 3, by Horun

Posted on 2023-03-31, 03:06

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If it is a standard DX2 then jumpers are same as DX, if it is a SL version DX2 they are not the same. Post a pic of the DX2 please.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Windows9566

Posted on 2023-03-31, 03:19

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i accidentally inserted that DX2 in wrong and fried it in a different mobo when i wanted to test to see if it exhibited the same behavior there. at least the mobo survived, so i guess it's game over for that intel DX2 66

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