[MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Barry Stark
Here's a question for those of you that know the intricate workings in
computers. I have a computer that has a ASUS A7V-VE motherboard and an
Athlon XP1800 + (AX1800DMT3C) CPU. It started having problems a while back
and I just set it aside. I had a few moments today to play with it, so I set
it up and turned it on. I think it has some motherboad problems because if I
plug an IDE cable into the master connector it either won't recognize the
drive is there, or will hang the system. I can take the same ribbon lead and
drive plugged into the slave IDE connector and it works fine. At the same
time the video seems to have some sort of intermittant connection as it
flickers and rolls intermittantly. Sometimes pressing or tapping various
places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse. My
question is...is this just caused by a bad M/B or can it be a problem with
the CPU? I can get a M/B from PC Liquidators that should work with the CPU
for about $30 but that M/B takes DDR memory instead of the PC100 that the
ASUS now uses, so I don't want to invest money in another M/B and memory to
re-use the CPU if the CPU is faulty. It appears to me from the info that I
have been able to dig up that the IDE functions are controlled by the
chipset, but I wanted to make sure. I appreciate any info that you folks
might have.

Barry





Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Ed Booher
On 1/2/06, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Sometimes pressing or tapping various
 places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse.

Sounds to me a little like the board may have been damaged, most
likely with the addition or removal of a PC card. If pressing or
tapping causes a changes it means the print paths have breaks in them.
When you replace the board, make absolutely sure you use *all* the
motherboard stand offs the board has holes for, they are there to
properly support it. In fact, I've taken to adding non conductive /
static free foam (similar to what the board sits on when new, but
usually that isn't thick enough for support use) underneath all the
ATX machines I work on for friends / family / servers to provide even
more support.

I've cracked two boards completely in half because they were not
properly supported and like an idiot I was pressing down to get the
card to seat and *snap*

Check out both http://www.geeks.com and http://www.newegg.com .. Geeks
sells refurbed and used stuff mostly, and they do not currently have a
board that will accept your RAM but they have new stock all the time.

Or, you could take this opportunity to upgrade to a new Mac

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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Nick Wellinghoff
Your board might be grounding out, power supply is bad or your BIOS is
corrupt (Or all of the above).  Try taking the motherboard out of the case
and place it on a non conductive surface such as a wood board.  Plug just
the power supply, CPU and memory in.  Boot. If a go then go to another
computer and download and burn MemTestx86 to a bootable CD or floppy. Attach
either drive and boot, run the memtest for a few hours. If no errors then
you know you are good so far. Download your newest BIOS from your MB
website. Wipe out the existing CMOS according to the exact manual
instructions. Reinstall BIOS. Start plugging things in one at a time.  Make
sure your HD has the correct jumper settings, also if you have another hard
disk plug it in the master IDE slot to test to see if the problem is
specific to your disk. If you get everything running well outside of the
case that means your board is for sure grounding out.  Place plastic washers
in-between the metal screw mounts in the computer case and the board.  Make
sure nothing on the board is touching anything metal on the case. GL. Report
back when done. A few tips. The power supply and RAM are the two components
of the PC where you want to drop the most money and get quality parts, as
they are the most volatile components.  If you need to buy a new power
supply, get an Antec. If you need new RAM, run memtestx86 on it to make sure
it is indeed compatible with your board so you can return it.  If you drop a
few extra bucks on these two components your computer will run very stable
regardless of OS.

Nick

82 300 SD (Dead tranny, if you have one I want it!)
2005 Infiniti G35

  

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Subject: [MBZ] computer question no mb

Here's a question for those of you that know the intricate workings in
computers. I have a computer that has a ASUS A7V-VE motherboard and an
Athlon XP1800 + (AX1800DMT3C) CPU. It started having problems a while back
and I just set it aside. I had a few moments today to play with it, so I set
it up and turned it on. I think it has some motherboad problems because if I
plug an IDE cable into the master connector it either won't recognize the
drive is there, or will hang the system. I can take the same ribbon lead and
drive plugged into the slave IDE connector and it works fine. At the same
time the video seems to have some sort of intermittant connection as it
flickers and rolls intermittantly. Sometimes pressing or tapping various
places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse. My
question is...is this just caused by a bad M/B or can it be a problem with
the CPU? I can get a M/B from PC Liquidators that should work with the CPU
for about $30 but that M/B takes DDR memory instead of the PC100 that the
ASUS now uses, so I don't want to invest money in another M/B and memory to
re-use the CPU if the CPU is faulty. It appears to me from the info that I
have been able to dig up that the IDE functions are controlled by the
chipset, but I wanted to make sure. I appreciate any info that you folks
might have.

Barry



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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Tom Hargrave
Upgrade ... to a new Mac?

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Mac's are great machines. I'd own one if I could purchase all of the
software I run for a Mac at a reasonable price.


Thanks,
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Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

On 1/2/06, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Sometimes pressing or tapping various
 places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse.

Sounds to me a little like the board may have been damaged, most likely with
the addition or removal of a PC card. If pressing or tapping causes a
changes it means the print paths have breaks in them.
When you replace the board, make absolutely sure you use *all* the
motherboard stand offs the board has holes for, they are there to properly
support it. In fact, I've taken to adding non conductive / static free foam
(similar to what the board sits on when new, but usually that isn't thick
enough for support use) underneath all the ATX machines I work on for
friends / family / servers to provide even more support.

I've cracked two boards completely in half because they were not properly
supported and like an idiot I was pressing down to get the card to seat and
*snap*

Check out both http://www.geeks.com and http://www.newegg.com .. Geeks sells
refurbed and used stuff mostly, and they do not currently have a board that
will accept your RAM but they have new stock all the time.

Or, you could take this opportunity to upgrade to a new Mac

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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread dave walton
Microsoft has a version of Virtual PC for the MAC so you can run
Windows on it and continue contributing to the Bill Gates retirement
fund.

-Dave Walton


On 1/2/06, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Upgrade ... to a new Mac?

 LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

 Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 Mac's are great machines. I'd own one if I could purchase all of the
 software I run for a Mac at a reasonable price.


 Thanks,
 Tom Hargrave
 256-656-1924
 www.kegkits.com

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 Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:57 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

 On 1/2/06, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Sometimes pressing or tapping various
  places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse.

 Sounds to me a little like the board may have been damaged, most likely with
 the addition or removal of a PC card. If pressing or tapping causes a
 changes it means the print paths have breaks in them.
 When you replace the board, make absolutely sure you use *all* the
 motherboard stand offs the board has holes for, they are there to properly
 support it. In fact, I've taken to adding non conductive / static free foam
 (similar to what the board sits on when new, but usually that isn't thick
 enough for support use) underneath all the ATX machines I work on for
 friends / family / servers to provide even more support.

 I've cracked two boards completely in half because they were not properly
 supported and like an idiot I was pressing down to get the card to seat and
 *snap*

 Check out both http://www.geeks.com and http://www.newegg.com .. Geeks sells
 refurbed and used stuff mostly, and they do not currently have a board that
 will accept your RAM but they have new stock all the time.

 Or, you could take this opportunity to upgrade to a new Mac

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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Lee Einer
Might not be a bad idea if he would actually retire. How much more $$$ 
does he actually need to supplement his Social Security Check?


dave walton wrote:


Microsoft has a version of Virtual PC for the MAC so you can run
Windows on it and continue contributing to the Bill Gates retirement
fund.

-Dave Walton


On 1/2/06, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 


Upgrade ... to a new Mac?

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Mac's are great machines. I'd own one if I could purchase all of the
software I run for a Mac at a reasonable price.


Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com

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Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

On 1/2/06, Barry Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   


Sometimes pressing or tapping various
places on the M/B seems to either correct the video or make it worse.
 


Sounds to me a little like the board may have been damaged, most likely with
the addition or removal of a PC card. If pressing or tapping causes a
changes it means the print paths have breaks in them.
When you replace the board, make absolutely sure you use *all* the
motherboard stand offs the board has holes for, they are there to properly
support it. In fact, I've taken to adding non conductive / static free foam
(similar to what the board sits on when new, but usually that isn't thick
enough for support use) underneath all the ATX machines I work on for
friends / family / servers to provide even more support.

I've cracked two boards completely in half because they were not properly
supported and like an idiot I was pressing down to get the card to seat and
*snap*

Check out both http://www.geeks.com and http://www.newegg.com .. Geeks sells
refurbed and used stuff mostly, and they do not currently have a board that
will accept your RAM but they have new stock all the time.

Or, you could take this opportunity to upgrade to a new Mac

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Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread David Brodbeck

Lee Einer wrote:
Might not be a bad idea if he would actually retire. How much more $$$ 
does he actually need to supplement his Social Security Check?
  


I would have retired long ago, in his position, but his sort is a 
different breed.  I remember a reporter asking Michael Dell (founder of 
Dell Computer) why he didn't retire and just enjoy all the wealth he'd 
accumulated.  He said, Do you have any idea how much fun it is to run a 
multi-million-dollar corporation?





Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread John M McIntosh
Well next week when apple starts shipping intel based macs it becomes  
*much* easier to run
windows at native speeds on macs. Oh I'll give folks about a week to  
figure out how to dual boot.


On 2-Jan-06, at 6:12 PM, dave walton wrote:


Microsoft has a version of Virtual PC for the MAC so you can run
Windows on it and continue contributing to the Bill Gates retirement
fund.

-Dave Walton


On 1/2/06, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Upgrade ... to a new Mac?

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Mac's are great machines. I'd own one if I could purchase all of the
software I run for a Mac at a reasonable price.


Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
256-656-1924
www.kegkits.com




John
1983 300TDt  360k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1990 300TDt  158k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac)
1993 500SEL 168k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40)





Re: [MBZ] computer question no mb

2006-01-03 Thread Ed Booher
On 1/3/06, John M McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Well next week when apple starts shipping intel based macs it becomes
 *much* easier to run
 windows at native speeds on macs. Oh I'll give folks about a week to
 figure out how to dual boot.

A week? I give it about 15 minutes, personally. 15 minutes after the
Intel Mac ships, I'll let you know how many Systems I have on it. ;)

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