> Dosen't this indicate that the chip isn't dead? If its spitting out > post codes then somethings got to be running. Those port writes to > 0x80 aren't happening by themselves. Yes, I initially thought that ... > Seems more likely to me that either: > > 1) The vibrations shook something loose on your mother board or > damaged one of the pins on the uP. Re-seat your DIMMS. I reseated the DIMMs with no diff ... > 2) In the process of mucking about with the fan and the floppy power > connector you breifly shorted the 12V to something that didn't like > it. Can't see that happening (more likely that I bled into something that didn't like it - shorting it out) .. hmm
Someone else pointed out (someone who had burnt up AMD processors) that it should smell ... and having blown up my fair share of resistors, capacitors and LEDs in my time, I know what that electrochemical smell is like, and I'm not getting that from the machine either. Its ok ... let this thread die ... thanks all for the help (and condolences) ... I think its the lamest way to lose the most expensive single piece of technology I've bought (in the shortest period of time) ... I look after my stuff ... I still have two boxes of He-man toys ... You guys doan wanna buy some He-man toys do you? ;-)
