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life of pain
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Sat May 01, 2004 2:51 am |
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 got a little bit further this time - got he CD rom to spin up , and it came up with this error : cmos/gpnv checksum bad
i rebooted it with a new flash upgrade disk inserted - which actually loaded succesfully , i rebooted once more - and now i get no screen again and the floppy does not work - i tried resetting the cmos , but its still the same ( i upgraded the flash with just the mobo , ram , chip , G-card , floppy and one CD rom )
also noticed the monitor light sometimes flicks on and off althoug i still get a blank screen on both monitors.
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ginogsm
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Sat May 01, 2004 4:11 am |
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Check if you can get it replaced. I think it is preety much dead.
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glexp
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Sat May 01, 2004 12:54 pm |
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| life of pain wrote: |
got a little bit further this time - got he CD rom to spin up , and it came up with this error : cmos/gpnv checksum bad
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Don't start throwing things in the rubbish bin just yet...
Have you checked the state of the CMOS battery? It may be on its way out or, since the system go jostled around a bit, it may not be seated correctly in its socket. Of course, some motherboards have the battery soldered in.
Also, as in one of your previous posts, if the PSU fluctuates it may not be noticeable with a volt-meter. How are you checking the PSU outputs? Are you checking it under load (i.e. with everything attached)? What is the range of fluctuations?....
Questions, questions, questions.....
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OsirisX
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Sat May 01, 2004 12:55 pm |
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The other thing is that you will always be able to sell it on ebay. I've actually sold a broken power supply on my xbox for $20.
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life of pain
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Sat May 01, 2004 1:25 pm |
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ok - the cmos battery is now new , and so is the PSU , and its still the same , i checked the voltage with the onboard BIOS check ( when i actually got it to go to the bios ) and the fluctuations are about +/- 0.05 v
which i think is hardly any cause for concern
i've resigned to the fact that i might need a new mobo - which i am hoping to get a new MSI 848p neo - on monday ( are they any good ? )
so at least that will either fix it or narrow down the suspects  |
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glexp
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Sat May 01, 2004 1:31 pm |
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+/- 0.05 v is well within reason. Bummer, looks like some extra $$$ need to be spent. Don't know the MSI 848p, but there are plenty of folks on this forum who have experience with a wide range of motherboards. Check www.newegg.com for some good deals. |
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life of pain
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Tue May 04, 2004 7:30 am |
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i found the problem , got the new mobo installed ( MSI neo ) and the PC still wouldnt boot , but it gave a series of beep codes which told me that The L2 cache is faulty and the processor had failed 
so goto get a new CPU now....
thanks for the help guys - shall post back here when i FINALLY get the d*mn thing to work  |
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