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AOPEN AX4BS-V MOTHERBOARD - won't boot - won't POST - help please!!
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November 28th 03, 09:04 PM
MrToad
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(lucy) Ran in the back door and shouted
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AOPEN AX4BS-V MOTHERBOARD
Windows 2000 Pro with latest service pack & updates
384 megs of ram (128-meg sticks x 3)
tnt2 video card
80-gig hard drive
running hardware monitor III - which checks the temp & voltage
I was using CuteFTP to transfer some files to my webserver.
My computer locked up.
I hit CTL-ALT-DEL - no response.
I hit the reset button.
Instead of rebooting, I got:
* no video output
* all 3 LEDs on my keyboard flashed 5 times quickly, paused, then
repeated * fans were spinning, LED on my motherboard was on
I pulled the power cord from power outlet, waited a few minutes, then
plugged it back in.
When I turned it on, I got the same results:
* no video output
* all 3 LEDs on my keyboard flashed 5 times quickly, paused, then
repeated * fans were spinning, LED on my motherboard was on
I pulled the power cord from the wall,
opened the case, and removed the power leads
from the power supply to the motherboard.
I then (following the instructions in the mini-manual) moved the
jumper JP14 from 1-2 to 2-3 for a few seconds and back again.
I then plugged the power leads from the power supply back onto the
mother board, plugged it into the wall outlet.
Now I got:
* no video
* no keyboard errors
* no beep codes
* cant get to the point of hitting DEL to get into CMOS and reset back
to defaults
* fans spin - so I know there is power to the motherboard
I then pulled every card but the video card (network, sound, etc),
removed every IDE cable from the Hard Drive, the CD-Rom and the floppy
drive.
I then removed the power cords to the same devices.
I then removed all of the memory (3 sticks), and put a random one into
Slot #1.
I then removed the button battery that backs up the CMOS area, waited
10 min, put it back in.
I then did the Jumper JP14 again - trying to reset the cmos that way.
Now I got:
* no video
* no keyboard errors
* no beep codes
* cant get to the point of hitting DEL to get into CMOS and reset back
to defaults
* fans spin - so I know there is power to the motherboard
I now I have it sitting on my desk, no power of any kind going to it,
battery pulled,
no cards except the video, and I've re-seated it to make sure it's ok.
no ide cables, no power connected to hard drive, floppy and cd-rom.
I have no idea what to do.
I could not find what the original 5 quickly-flashing keyboard LED
error was...
Can someone help me please?? I have major important work that has to
be done this weekend
and no computer! I'm on a friend's computer right now.
If anyone can help me, please post here or email me at:
Thanks!
Lucy
Got a different video card to try?
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MrToad
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