Motherboard diagnostic cards (POST diagnostics)

[Karsten75]

I've not had much call to use one of these lately. Most ATX-format motherboards nowadays come with their own LED status code displays.

I've run into the unfortunate situation that I need to debug an ASRock H77M-ITX board. It comes with only one PCI-e slot, no internal speaker header (at least not that I can find) and it's not completing POST.

My PC Analyzer card from way back has pins to slot into an ISA bus (don't laugh!) or a PCI slot.

Newer cards on Newegg, Amazon and eBay all seem to have only mini-PCIe connectors and/or PCI-Express for laptops or something along those lines.

There's a high-end card available from Passmark, but I'm not in the market for a $250 card. $20 is more my price range.

Anyone here knows of a POST diagnostic card that will function in a PCI-e slot?

oh, in case someone didn't know. The models with USB on them actually requires a printer port to function - the USB is to deliver power to the board. They don't read diag codes over the USB.

 

[R4lNM4N]

PCIE POST cards do not exist other than the mini-PCIe variant for laptops. Unfortunately, that board doesn't have a PCI slot.

I'm a bit surprised the manual doesn't have anything about an on-board speaker or post codes

 

[R4lNM4N]

Here's a comparable board, with better user reviews as well. That ASRock seems to have a common issue of not lasting more than a few months.

Here's a full list of comparable boards. All 1155 socket, not sure if you needed anything specific from the H77M Chipset or what memory you're using. You sound capable of piecing those variables together though.

 

[Karsten75]

I'm trying to salvage a PC.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2840455/repair-parcel.html

Was hoping to not spend much. I was also kind of surprised at the lack of an internal speaker. But it probably just reaffirms my dislike for mini-ITX form factors.