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Paul wrote:
> In article <3db7c09bvg7qebnc1himjju8bte25fg0bb@4ax.com>, Jack Harney
> <gonfishn39@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have an Asus Radeon 9800XT... First thing I did was yank it out and
>>try an old VooDoo Banshee PCI card and a S3 PCI card... Same result...
>>Thanks for the reply...
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:51:49 GMT, "RaiderNation"
>><raiderfan@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yep.
>>>Me Exact same thing.
>>>Turns out my ATI 9800 PRO was fried.
>>>
>>>I suggest trying another video card.
>>>
>>>"Jack Harney" <gonfishn39@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>news:6p77c0pptsjo1bd9v6112md4bmmc7sbf9l@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>Hi folks... I've had the above MB with a P4 3.0 gig CPU for about 6
>>>>months and it's been great... Today my monitor went black but the box
>>>>stayed on with the MB lights and fans spinning... After reboot the
>>>>screen stays black and I get a voice message "System failure, CPU
>>>>check"... I don't have any method of checking the MB or the CPU to
>>>>determine the culprit... Anyone had experience with a problem like
>>>>this???
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>Jack
>>>
>
> Check the power cables to the motherboard. Unplug and replug the
> ATX 20pin connector. Unplug and replug the 2x2 ATX 12V processor
> power connector. Sometimes they make bad connections, and a
> power drop results. A connector that fails in this way, will fail
> again at a future date, so this will be a chronic problem if it
> happens.
>
> Have a spare PSU handy ? A 9800XT and a 3.0C is a reasonable load
> for a PSU, and maybe the PSU got a little tired ?
>
> Another possibility, is there is a problem with the Vcore circuit
> near the S478 socket. Check the capacitors for bulging or leaking,
> or check to see if any MOSFETs (three legs, tab soldered to board)
> are burnt. A Vcore failure might prevent post as well.
>
> Based on the stats in this group, my money is on the PSU (especially
> as you've tried another video card
🙂 There is hardly a reason
> for other parts of the motherboard to fail, or the processor itself
> for that matter. If the processor overheats, it has throttling
> features and has a 135C shutdown temp detector inside the processor.
>
> Finally, an obscure problem was caused by some extra solder caused
> by the support underneath the CPU, on the solder side of the board,
> dragging in the wave solder machine. There are probably a few
> thousand boards with this fault in circulation.
>
>
http://www.techsupportforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=41955
>
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~nightops/eki/DSC00249.JPG
>
> The lower right blob in the JPG, shorts to what looks like a +12V
> track. The short can be intermittent, and twisting pressure on the
> board can make the short disappear and reappear.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
Samething happened to my P4P800 Deluxe. Swapped out all the components
to no avail. It eventually would not post and i had to RMA it to ASUS.
NBK
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