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Well, it was the motherboard. The CPU, add-on graphics card and RAM are fine and could be re-used and the system is running again. The new mobo also has the PMC flash BIOS chip (which clearly was not the root cause for my problems) but in any case: I'm prepared ;-)

Hi falcOne, nice to hear that your mainboard is running again - mine is still dead. Before I replaced the BIOS chip, I had checked everything I could. I thought it would be the chip because some weeks ago I had a similar probelm also with a dark screen: The add-on graphik card had been kicked...

Hi, I have a similar problem with a MSI K8NGM2 mainboard. The board doesn't boot and does not even generate a beep-code. Dark screen. I've got the information that the BIOS chip (if it's the PM 49FL004T-33JC) is not reliable and often causes problems. I ordered a new BIOS chip. In a few...