Re: Dead Motherboar??

Thanks for comments. Just to complete the picture I had earlier had a failed
350W PSU and replaced that with a 500W PSU then decided to upgrade a number
of components. These included more RAM, better graphics, quieter fans and why
not add a second bigger hard drive. I made my previous one the slave but made
it a logical drive off an extended partition. When the new hard drive failed
I had it confirmed by the supplier who sent me a replacement. It was at this
stage that when i placed the replacement drive in that I ended up in this
problem. I had tried to put the slave in reconfigured as the master but kept
getting a basic message "press any key to reboot" nothing else, couldn't even
get to the bios. In between waiting for the new drive to arrive i fitted the
quieter CPU fan.
so when i started everything up i got no response.
Have you ever tried one of these PCI post diagnosti cards?

"Anna" wrote:


"Anna" wrote:
woof:
It's really hard, if not impossible, to determine what is the cause of
your
problem without replacing each major component on a one-by-one basis. It
might be the PSU, or something went awry when you replaced the CPU fan &
heatsink. Or it could be the motherboard itself. There's really no
definitive way of telling by the end-user without the replacement of
components as I've indicated.

Anyway...

You indicate the problem arose when you installed your new HDD to replace
the "failed" one. I take it there's little doubt in your mind that the
*previous* problem you were experiencing was due to a defective HDD, and
has
*nothing* to do with your present problem, right?

So after installing the new HDD you booted with your XP installation CD
to
install the OS, that's when the problem arose. When you say the system
"wouldn't boot ", you mean it wouldn't boot to the XP installation CD,
right? You never were able to get as far as installing the OS, right? I
assume you don't have another HDD with a functioning OS on it, do you?

Anyway...

I know I don't have to tell you that you're dealing with a pretty old
motherboard, do I? That ASUS board *was* a fine MB in its day, but
truth-to-tell its day has kind of come & gone. If the system is working
and
meets your day-to-day needs with that MB, fine. But since you've
indicated
you're thinking of a new motherboard & processor, is there any chance you
could *really* upgrade your system with a new more up-to-day MB &
processor,
etc. (At least you have a new HDD, right?). If you could (financially)
swing
to a new system, I really think that's the way to go at this point.
Anna


"woof!" <woof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9B9532AF-4692-48B0-9334-3736CDF5F5B1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wise words!!
I am a bit like a dog and his bone - I dont want to let go and let this
beat me. I was looking at a slightly better motherboard the A7n8X and CPU
to
match as it would let me use all my existing cards etc.
Don't suppose you could offer an opinion as to if I am continuing to wade
through mud?


I have worked with the ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe board and it's a nice stable MB.
As a matter of fact we've installed that board in a number of machines. It
has SATA capability of course (only two SATA connectors but I assume your
present HDD is a PATA one and you're not particularly interested in the SATA
interface at this time). As I recall we installed the AMD Athlon XP 3200
(2.2 GHz) processor and a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT video card in those
machines a few years ago. It's obsolete by today's standards but it is
serviceable assuming your needs are relatively modest. I would guess you
should be able to pick up that board for well under $50 (I wouldn't pay more
than that) assuming you could even find it from some online vendor.

Other than that, take a look at the offerings at newegg (among others)
before you make your final choice.
Anna



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