Thane,
I reply to your original post. I've read the replies and your answers.
I have good luck cleaning cpu heatsinks by dropping then in the sink
with hot water and DAWN dishwashing liquid. (If Dawn is good for birds,
perhaps good for Aluminum!)
Somehow this lifts all the 'human' life dirt off the metal. Yes, I am a
smoker still; so I deal with this pollutant actively. I clean/bathe my
heatsinks from time to time still. My cross to bear.
Please check the m/b 'coin' cell. I raised a question some years back
and, I feel, I got blown off. Fine!
I do replace my 'coin' cells when I start seeing boot behavior that
'makes no sense.'
I can NOT stipulate what measurable voltage indicates a bad cell. But,
when I measure a cell at ~3.0xx vdc, I replace the cell. That is my
story, and, I AM sticking to it! If only because I still run 10+ year
old m/b's that sport fresh 'coin' cells. I do not recall the last time
I had a 'weird boot' situation. And, my BIOS selections remain active.
Best,
Duncan
On 05/09/2012 12:24, Thane Sherrington wrote:
I'm working a AM5100 tower that was incredibly dirty. I cleaned it,
but the CPU heatsink was so dirty I had to replace it. After
replacing, the damn machine won't POST. It POSTs as far as 6.1
(could be b.1) on my POST card. I've swapped out RAM and CPU (both of
which test fine on another board). Any ideas short of replacing the
board?
T
