Recent content by fractal9

Thanks again mindless, you've been more than helpful. And yes, the board is a socket 939, and I haven't been able to find a different board at a reasonable price. So I am kind of stuck. Based on what mindless said, even if I did the repairs / tinkering suggested, I would still not be comfortable...

I still haven't had a chance to do anything. I have no tools (multimeter, soldering iron, etc.), and I don't really want to go tinkering around with the board since it works... If I use the board without doing anything else to it, do I risk damaging other components? I had the system running...

I'm starting to get really frustrated...The board is PCI 2.3 compliant according to hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=6&id=1597, and according to en.kioskea.net/pc/pci.php3 , that should mean it is compatible with 5v or 3.3v PCI cards: "Revision 2.3, edited on 29 March 2002, did away...

OK it seems the board is PCI 2.3 compliant, but now I need to know if a PCI-X card will fit into the board. Will the extra connectors hanging off the end be blocked?

Mindless - thanks for your thorough reply!! The motherboard is indeed not under warranty so I will attempt to tinker with it when I get home. I can't believe I am going to get out of this with a working motherboard!!

I am having trouble finding information on whether the PCI slots in this board are PCI 2.1 or 2.2. The difference being that PCI 2.2 allows for 66MHz clock speed and thus a much higher throughput for controller cards. Thanks!

Update - I went for it one more time. The damn thing actually boots!!! I got into windows and everything. The smoking has stopped, but the area which was fried (literally - you can see it on the back of the motherboard) still gets pretty damn hot (can put finger on it for no more than 5...

OK, thanks for your help. Guess it will be a while before I get my system back up :brokenheart:

I found what is getting hot (even with the system off!). It is a small black chip at the bottom of the motherboard, just below the lower PCI slot. Picturehttp://marc.cusumano.googlepages.com/LPnF4SLI-DR.jpg

The motherboard is installed correctly. After removing it and plugging it in without turning it on, I notice the area right under the lower amber LED gets hot even when the system is not turned on (but power is flowing through it - PSU switch is on, amber lights are on). The other amber light...

Hello to all, my first post since I can't remember my old handle. I was having power supply issues where the psu would make power fluctuating noises (hard to explain) and the amber power lights on my nForce4 would flicker on and off very quickly. After turning on the psu switch I would be...