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    Motherboard ECS 661fx-m7 will not boot

    I purchased a refurbished Intel motherboard and this fixed it. Thanks for the help o1die.
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    Motherboard ECS 661fx-m7 will not boot

    Slave drive: Maxtor Model 92041u4 Is there anything else I can try, or should I replace the motherboard. Looks like I can get one for $30. Thanks, Bill.
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    Motherboard ECS 661fx-m7 will not boot

    o1die thanks for the help. I only have 1 DIMM in this machine and I removed it and the battery as you suggested and it did not change anything. Here is the system specs: ECS 661FX-M7 Rev 3.0 Pentium 4 531 3.0 Gh 512 MB DDR PC3200 DIMM - 1 stick IDE drives: Master: Quantum 3.0 GB AT Fireball...
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    Motherboard ECS 661fx-m7 will not boot

    My computer was working fine until 1 day when it quit booting. I hear the drives spin but nothing shows on the display. It has an ECS 661fx-m7 motherboard and I think it went bad. Since I am not getting anything on the display using the onboard VGA, I installed an AGP video card, but still...
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    Continuous reboots while gaming

    I still have one major problem. I still get the reboots when I try to play Age of Empires III. I think the problem is the graphics card is just bad because it is heating up. The CPU temp seems to stay a constant 38 Deg Cel. I'll move the heat sensor that is on the CPU to the 9800's GPU and...
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    Continuous reboots while gaming

    All thanks for your comments. Here are my system components Asus A8V Delux Motherboard. AMD 64 3500 CPU ATI 9800 PRo (AIW Graphics card running at AGP 8x) 70 Gog Raptor 10,000 RPM Raptor SATA Drive 1 GigCosair Dual RAM Thermaltake case with 4 case fans I was gett reboots when I even checked...
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    Continuous reboots while gaming

    Any time I play an advanced game such as Age of Mythology or Half-Life 2 my computer screen will go black. Sometimes it reboots, but usually I need to hold the off key for 5 seconds. Where do I start to debug this problem. I tried by testing the memory. Next I put a new power supply in at...
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    Sudden reboots immediately when I plan a new complex game

    My homebuilt runs fine under all conditions except for advanced gaming when it halts and suddenly reboots. (Games like Half-Life2, Age of Titans). I have updated all of the drivers with no effect. Temp's are good, I have 4 sensors that all read OK. I suspect it may be power related. Does...