blew up my last BX mobo :(

[Wiz]

Well it appears the yellow lead on one of the power connectors wasn't seated very well and "something" happened in there causing part of my venerable BH6 to cook overnight a few days ago.
I'll be getting a mobo in the mail from Geoffs pretty soon (hopefully) so I will put one system back together and then probably sell off the parts of the other. (two intel boxes dead now, both with cooked mobos)
My production was up at 18+ per day there for a short while too! Oh well, as soon as I get that mobo it will come back.

 

[ColinP]

'tis always sad when a BX dies......



Col

 

[Robor]

Sorry to hear that. It sucks when an old PC dies. My old BH6 & 300A @ 450 or 504 is still kicking today. A coworker is still running his but he's at default voltage and speed. I know...

 

[RaySun2Be]

I know the feeling. I was building a PC for my sister-in-law last November, and my BH6 board I was going to use died. It was the first MB that I used to build a computer from the ground up, and I was sad at it's passing.

a moment of silence for dead BX boards.........

 

[Wiz]

this one had these cpu's in order:
Cel 300A @ 450 (sometimes 500)
P3 700e @ 868mhz
P3 1000 slot1 @ 1240mhz w/ 384 megs PC133 running 2/2/2

At the end it was producing 5 hour seti units 24/7

 

[Assimilator1]

Bummer ,you only recently put that PIII 1GHz in it as well

My BX system is still running & with its original cpu too! ,my son has it ,a Soyo 6BA+III with a Cel 366@550 ,over 3yrs old now!( & he's just started running SETI for me too).That was my 1st decent PC I built! ,the 1st actual one was a K6-2 with an ALi V chipset!

 

[Wiz]

Yeah, I must have pulled a wire out partially without knowing it when I installed the cpu.
A crappy connection on the +12V line can cause a lot of mischief.
Makes a good case for not drinking beer while working on computers eh?

 

[mastertech01]

I hear ya, I have a slot one board dieing too. The old Abit bulged out capacitors and draining fluid trick... gotta find a replacement soon.

 

[Swanny]

It's sorta sad to see old parts like that go.

 

[deerslayer]

Dead parts = Suck

New crunchers =

At least you didn't plug the wrong power supply into your usb hub and fry the hub and your printer Then dead parts really = suck!

 

[The Reaper]

Wiz I have a old BH6 rev. 1.01 that I fried the BIOS chip on. I'd be interested in in buying yours if you don't need it.

mastertech01 Replacing thoughs caps are pretty easy to do.

 

[GeoffS]

There's a guy named Homie on the motherboards.abit newsgroup who buys the caps in bulk and replaces them... he quoted me $50 for a BX133... I suspect his rate is proportional to the value of the board and less the actual work required... who would pay $50 to have the caps replaced on an BH6 when you can get the mobo for much less than that?

Geoff

 

[mastertech01]

Originally posted by: GeoffS
There's a guy named Homie on the motherboards.abit newsgroup who buys the caps in bulk and replaces them... he quoted me $50 for a BX133... I suspect his rate is proportional to the value of the board and less the actual work required... who would pay $50 to have the caps replaced on an BH6 when you can get the mobo for much less than that?

Geoff

Id pay 25.00 to fix it but not 50.00.. hell I got an almost brand new full retail Cusl2-C for 50.00 shipped yesterday.

 

[RickH]

The "something" that happened is the same "something" that happened to the last BX board you put that CPU in--it burned up. The board can't supply the current necessary for the faster CuMine processors. It isn't a fan problem or a lose wire, the boards were from the PII 450MHz era. RRRRRRRR

 

[Wiz]

These boards ran P3 700e chips 24/7 for well over a year - more like 2 years before upgrading to the P3 1000.
The problem was related to the alpha HSF in both instances. First I plugged both fans into the mobo and that drew too much current through the fan headers for the demise of the first.
On the second I was not careful to examine all wiring close enough after installing the HSF and even though I ran the wiring directly to the PSU this time I accidentally pulled a yellow wire loose.

My BH6 had multipliers up to 12 or 13 in the bios and was made to run (with the latest bios) the P3 1000. I made the human error with a connector, plain and simple.

 

[RickH]

The multiplier adjustment on any Intel processor board has been a non-issue from the beginning of PII. III, IV as the multiplier is determined by the processor. The "latest" BH6 BIOS, now over 2 years old, says nothing about processors faster than 700-850Mhz. If you search Pricewatch for the PIII 1000Mhz CPU many dealers will warn of problems with the 1000MHz in non-server boards. As a science guy, one processor in two boards, problems with both boards, I would either look at the processor as being the cause or myself. If you had a 700MHz in the boards for months with no problems, then I would say you?re capable of doing it correctly, so we are back to the 1000MHz processor as the cause of the board failure. RRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Assimilator1]

Err,I think he made it clear enough that he found out the problems ,and in this case it wasn't the cpu

Btw which mbrds have trouble with the PIII 1GHz?