Recent content by jaydub69

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    MSI KT3-Ultra replacement?

    After some troubleshooting over here, it looks like I might need to replace a mobo with badcaps. I don't have the cash to completely update the system - what relatively available replacement could I expect to find? CPU is Athlon XP 1800+ (Socket A / 462) Video card is AGP NVidia 7600 2...
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    Black screen after POST

    Well, it didn't take much to notice this cap. (No inline images here?) Other ones on the board have nice, flat tops on them. I'm not inclined at this point to so any soldering on the old board (though it might be interesting), so I guess I'll look to replace the mobo. Hopefully I can get a...
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    Black screen after POST

    Thanks :). I was actually here quite a bit back when I built the system as well. I knew where to come when I ran into this. I'm running memtest at the moment - I used my laptop to burn the .iso to a CD and set the system to boot from it. Since that worked, I figure its another piece of...
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    Black screen after POST

    I reset the CMOS as well, no change. I'm surprised to hear the Antec SPs have had problems. Feature-wise, it seemed like a good match to the application. What should I look for? Also, why would a weak PSU cause this behavior? I would expect flaky video performance, not a failure to boot.
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    Black screen after POST

    OK, the system now reports the processor as an Athlon XP 1800+, with FSB at 100MHz, so all the overclocking is off. The problem is still occurring. No change in behavior. Just to be clear, I did the overclocking 6 years ago as well and the system has performed stably in all that time.
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    Black screen after POST