Kicka$$ Gaming Machine - DEAD! - Page 2

nunyadam · 11-28-2001, 05:07 PM

If it turn's out to be the hd you might want to try low level formatting it .
My ibm 75 gxp dropped a couple sectors for uknown reason's . Thought It was going to have to go back for a replacement.
ran Ibm's test program it found them and fixed them .(presently restoring my backup files.)
Maxtor should have a test program on there site for download .

Daft_Ghosty · 11-28-2001, 05:19 PM

*bows* you are most welcome..

It may very well be a porblem with the HDD.. let us know what you find out after the tests..

Not that I think it will matter much.. but make sure you are using the utra 66 ide cables with the hardrive.. dont' think this would cause the porblem.. but as Sherlock Holms would say.. "Once you eliminate the impossible what ever is left, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." And seeing as this porblem followed you to this new system,, it has to be those parts that came over.. and you have almost eliminated all the parts..

Well with luck you have another hardrive and can test your system with that.. if you still have problems.. you can test your old board with the new hardrive.. and your old ram to see if it boots.. and if it does.. then you know u have bad ram.. but if so.. this will be strange.. as u said this is new ram.. and the problem followed you.. but its something to keep in mind if the system still doesn't boot with a hardrive that works..

The only good thing I can think about such as a bad harddrive.. is that Maxtore is normaly very good about returns.. whith as many bad ones I've seen I can understand y.. =)

ragtop · 11-28-2001, 05:27 PM

If the diagnostic LED's are telling you that the RAM is bad, you should probably consider that first. That is far more likely to cause a no-post than a hard drive anyway.

You indicate that you overclock your system - make sure you have things set back to standard speed while you diagnose the problem. You didn't mention what FSB your Athlon is - if its a 200, then make sure your board is set accordingly.

Pakaraatzi · 11-28-2001, 08:38 PM

Post again if you have any luck.

Regards Pakaraatzi

Viper16 · 11-28-2001, 09:18 PM

Well... I really don't know if this was the exact description of what the problem was. But this us my best guess!

I noticed that the computer would boot up (without the HDD) when I unplugged the power cord, then plugged it back in. I suppose it reset something each time. Anyway, I noticed that when I plugged in the HDD, the system would stop posting. I then tryed the same thing using the floppy cable, and the CD ROM IDE cable. in bothe cases, the same thing happened. The system wouldn't post when any of these items were plugged in. therefor, I determined that there must be a short somewhere in that general area on the MoBo. so I took out the MoBo, placed it on a cardboard box, hooked it up, and presto! For some unknown reason it works now. I'm gonna look around a bit more, and see if I can find the culprit.

In regards to why the problem folled me from one MoBo, to the other... I can only conclude that there was really a problem with my old MoBo, it wasn't the same one, but it was very similar.

I'll post again soon.

Thanx again all.

~Brent

Daft_Ghosty · 11-28-2001, 09:29 PM

Well for one.. if you are using the little metal nuts under your motherboard.. with screws through the top of your motherboard to mount it.. then that could be the problem.. some MB just ground out that way.. if u can.. pick up plastic mount pins..

This could still have been a porblem with your other system.. even though it was working one day then the next day not.. It doesn't count out that it may have had a grounding problem as well..

For now though.. you can loosen the screws that hold the board.. tightening them to much compresses the metal that the screw is touching on the MB and makes it more likely that it will ground out..

well much luck..

Pakaraatzi · 11-29-2001, 09:09 AM

Bravo Bravo! Nice to see things are looking up now, if you find it was the same thing on the old mobo, maybe you could sell it to someone, then you could get back some of the money.

Regards Pakaraatzi

Viper16 · 11-29-2001, 09:57 AM

Well I'll be testing the old MoBo. it was an ASUS A7V133. So if it does work, it's for sure up for sale.

Thanks again to everyone who poasted! It was obviously very helpful, considering I had spent a week trying to figure this thing out, and I posted once and fixed it out in a day! Wonderful!

Chow for now

~Brent

Pakaraatzi · 11-29-2001, 10:03 AM

Lets hope it will work then!