Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:18:52 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Dead L110
Well, I pulled the 100 MB from my system and reassembled it with the problem 110 MB I suspect is dead or dying. But it's still not working. I think the problems that Dick and Brian were experiencing with their systems where different, and mine different than either of theirs. Dick's seems to merely have been a problem of reassembly. Brian's one where the BIOS somehow got changed to only allow an external monitor. But I think what I'm seeing is some component failure. What happened when I pulled the 100 MB and reinstalled the system with the 110 MB was another in a series of similar behaviors I�ve see with this MB ever since I got it. Until the other night, the 110 MB had sat for about week. On completion of reassembling the system with it installed, I got red the Toshiba splash screen from BIOS and the EZ-Drive boot message from the hard drive. But since I had W98 set up for the 100 MB, I shut it down at the EZ-Drive prompt. However I then decided to go ahead and let the system boot the W98 OS that I had installed on the HDD when the 100 MB was in the system, as I�ve had success doing that (at least for test purposes) in the past. So I went ahead and started the system up again. But it went back to its old state of not doing anything besides spinning the HDD and lighting 3 of 4 LEDs. This sort of thing happened a >lot< when I 1st got the board. But at that point, just waiting 5-10 minutes, or pulling the HDD for testing on the desktop and then replacing it, would bring it back to life. Once or twice after multiple attempts to get it to boot, I let it sit overnight, and then found that it would work fine the next day. I >had< tried to overnight approach when the system 1st failed last week, but with no affect. A week�s wait got it to start to boot once, but then not again. So maybe some of the more technical minds out there can corroborate my suspicion that I may have a leaky capacitor in the circuit somewhere. Seems I�ve seen this sort of behavior in electronic devices of yesteryear. I did measure the 3 fuses that Dick found, and they all showed proper continuity. I also tried Neil�s suggestion that worked for Brian where I had the system in the EPR with an external monitor connected. But nothing came up on the screen. In fact, being a green energy type monitor, it didn�t even come out of its sleep state. I tried booting the 110, and >then< turning the monitor on, but nothing. So I�m running out of ideas for much else to suspect and target, other than assuming the MB is indeed beyond repair. Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
