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Help with an older system

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Project86

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I built a system for my parent back in the day, they barely use it so it was still plenty fast for them to send emails on or store pics from the digicam. The other day it stopped working: when you push the power button, the green light comes on, and the hard drive goes solid red, and you hear all the fans and everything kick in. But no signal ever goes to the monitor, and I never hear the usual startup beep. My mom then mentioned that it used to do this at random every once in a while, ever since I first built it years ago (thanks for telling me!). But now it does this every time.

Here are the spec (like I said, fast eneough for them)
AMD XP1600
MSI K7T Turbo (KT133A chipset)
256MB Crucial PC133
WD 40GB HD
ATI Radeon 7500
Coolmax 400W PSU (I checked the rails, very solid)

I opened the case yesterday and reseated the memory, the CPU, unplugged and replugged all the power connections, still no boot. This mobo has an LED diagnostic system, and when I look up the error message it says the CPU may be bad or not installed properly. I doubt that an XP1600 with the retail HSF and AS3, properly installed and always ran at stock speed, would just fail. More likely the mobo is failing right? Any ideas to try before I just find a replacement?
 
Check the MB capacitors for bulging / bursting.
That MB is definitely the right vintage for that problem.

Get more info HERE!
 
Wow, that system is nearly identical to the system I put together for my parents back in like 2001. I recently had to replace the mobo because of intermittent weirdness like you are describing. Hit up ebay, you will definitely find something there that is good for you. I got lucky and had an old A7N8X laying around. That CPU will work in a TON of different motherboards.
 
Originally posted by: KGBMAN
Check the MB capacitors for bulging / bursting.
That MB is definitely the right vintage for that problem.

Get more info HERE!
Click to expand...

Wow! I'll check the caps for those symptoms, but it definately sounds like that is the culprit. For the price he wants to fix, I'll probably just pick up a new board instead.

Thanks!
 
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