Doesn't POST

[oracleguy]

Okay first off let me give you the specs for the system:

A-BIT VP6 Dual Socket 370 Mobo
2x 733MHz Pentium III Matched CPUs
3x 256MB HP PC133 RAM Modules
ATI Xpert 2000 AGP Video Card

Thats all the relevant stuff. Anyways... as you probably don't know unless you have a VP6, they have a design flaw in that the capacitors blow out on the AGP Bus, the VRM, and Memory Bus.

It happened to me. So i changed out the capacitors... no big deal.. Got the computer working again. That was 2 months ago.

It was working Friday, and on Saturday morning after taking a trip in my car it doesn't work. No beeps... nothing. I tried diffrent RAM. I tried pulling either one of the CPUs out. Tried a diffrent video card, an AGP and PCI one. There is no video and no beep codes.

Any ideas?!

[mouse]

I'm guessing this was a mobo using these caps: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/29222.html if so was it not possible to RMA the board?

I'm guessing you've tried resetting the cmos? how about reseating components? switching out ram sticks (ie try with just one), erm, this could be temperamental motherboard or dead motherboard. What does the mobo actually do? is it on standby, ie led's on etc when the system is off? what happens when you power up? nothing at all?

[oracleguy]

I am going to call Abit tomarrow when they open about RMA... But I think the board's warrenty is up.

I tried reseting the CMOS, diffrent ram, I check the voltage coming out of the power supply, its in check.

I replaced the caps 2 months ago with new ones from DigiKey. It's worked fine but then it suddenly stopped.

There is a red power indicator light the lights up when the mobo has power, and its on.

And I'm figuring since I doesn't beep even when I took all the RAM out (To check to see if it is POSTing) that they mobo is messed up.

Anyone else have any ideas?

[scroots]

take it for another ride in your car, as you might have dislodged something and it might go back into place.

scroots

[oracleguy]

Originally posted by scroots
take it for another ride in your car, as you might have dislodged something and it might go back into place.

scroots

:) Way ahead of you. After testing the ram and stuff, thats what I did.

Thanks for the suggestion nonetheless.

[Mhtml]

Originally posted by oracleguy
:) Way ahead of you. After testing the ram and stuff, thats what I did.

Thanks for the suggestion nonetheless.
lol. Really?

[scroots]

did it work after the ride in the car? a journey in a car must have fixed my heat sink, when my PC caught fire.

scroots

[oracleguy]

Here is what Abit Tech support said:


Please test the motherboard on a non-conductive surface with only 1x CPU, 1x RAM, video card, and a keyboard. If the problem remains, then please try a different power supply. If the problem still persist, then please fill out the RMA form online at www.abit-usa.com for repair service.


So I'll do that and see what happens.