no bios?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The old game machine has decided not to post.
nothing on the screen.

monitor led only flickers,
normal keyboard led's dont flash,
no beeps,

where to start???

[incisor]

at the biin...

:eek:

[p38arover]

I have a couple of unused fast motherboards I want to sell.....

Add coolant and off you go.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

at the biin...

:eek:

yep that GIGABYTE RZ board looks like its shot its load---



I have a couple of unused fast motherboards I want to sell.....

Add coolant and off you go.


send me the details Ron,,

though my other(old gamer) hardware is not worthy--:(

[HangOver]

1. most likely the PSU has died, does the PSU fan spin when it is powered up?

2. Could be, (but unlikely) be the power switch, trace the x2 wires back from the switch to the two pins they connect to on the mobo. cross the two pins with a small flat head screwdriver, still doesn't power up?

3. pull the ram and all other cards out of the box, disconnect keyboard and mouse. once they are all out try to power up. If you still get no post beep put the ram back in, try again.
Still no post beep? Throw it in the bin.

[abaddonxi]

Check to see if any of the capacitors have popped tops.

Capacitor plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague)

Cheers
Simon

[RaZz0R]

First thing I would do is to pull the video card & then ram to see if you get any beeps.

like everyone else said - check PSU & what not. Make sure everything is seated nice.

Also... the other week fixing my house mates PC I was fooled in to thinking a mobo had gone, turned out there was a sharp kink in the ide cable... so check over all cable & massage them with your fingers to make sure they are smooth. a short in them will cause a mobo not to boot - even with the hard drives power unpluged!

Funny an RZ is mentioned as well as that was one mobo I got working the same weekend for a mate. double check a few things, I re-read up on those mobo's, they were awesome for their time.

asus rock tho.... lol :)

[p38arover]

yep that GIGABYTE RZ board looks like its shot its load---





send me the details Ron,,

though my other(old gamer) hardware is not worthy--:(

See http://www.aulro.com/afvb/computers/52652-what-do-i-do.html

[Pedro_The_Swift]

See http://www.aulro.com/afvb/computers/52652-what-do-i-do.html

no good to me Ron,,

DDR2, PCI graphics,

I dont need two ROME's;)

[kaa45]

No luck booting?

[abaddonxi]

No luck booting?

We kicked him, and we kicked him, but he still wouldn't chuck it out.

:D:D:D

Simon

[Pedro_The_Swift]

ok,, fired it up tonight after the move,,
comes up with


AWARD BOOTBLOCK Bios
(I think this is weird,,?,,)


unknown flash memory
cannot find bios image in HDD





power supply fine, all fans( all 13) working.



will remove the ram and try again,,,

[Pedro_The_Swift]

ok,, with ram removed,,
no beeps.
also nothing on the screen,,


vid card next,,

[Pedro_The_Swift]

same result,
no beeps.

[abaddonxi]

Award 6.0 BIOS - BootBlock Recovery (http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jefn/bootblock.html)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

wonderful,, Gigabyte put an extra partition on your HDD for just such an occasion,, but it doesnt work.

after reinstalling the vid and ram
nothing on the screen at all.
and no beeps.


its a bit hard to run a DOS program when the bios wont start posting(let alone finish)




anyone have a 8XAGP motherboard they want to sell??

[kaa45]

which motherboard was it?

probably got a few

[Pedro_The_Swift]

a gigabyte RZ 400A,,,?

willing to go with ANYTHING as long as it runs 8X AGP

[Pedro_The_Swift]

hmm ,,,
might have to eat my derisive words--
seems it just started up,,
all the way to windows:eek:



maybe there IS something to this hidden partition thing after all,,

maybe,,

[kaa45]

Got a couple...used

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Hold onto them---:angel: