I've been trying to repair my brother's HP a230n. Makin' a long story short, I've shot it down to the mobo and/or cpu. A new mobo's coming in tomorrow, so I'm getting ready for it.
As it stands right now I've got the system down to mobo (a7n8x-la) w/onboard graphics, psu (good), one stick of proven ram, and monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers. It was a working system, so I havn't bothered to remove the mobo from the case.
On power up I'm not getting a post, just a request to "select proper boot device or insert boot media. Indication of a bad mobo (or cpu). Right?
I just foolin' w/it right now, getting ready to pull the cpu, and maybe try reseating it. Just getting ready for the new mobo. Anybody know any other reason for a no post?
BTW, things I've tried getting to the bad mobo/cpu: r&r hdd w/new, new oem os, different ram, r & r psu w/new. Just trying to get it to the point that I can reverse and start putting it back w/as many existing parts as possible.
As it stands right now I've got the system down to mobo (a7n8x-la) w/onboard graphics, psu (good), one stick of proven ram, and monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers. It was a working system, so I havn't bothered to remove the mobo from the case.
On power up I'm not getting a post, just a request to "select proper boot device or insert boot media. Indication of a bad mobo (or cpu). Right?
I just foolin' w/it right now, getting ready to pull the cpu, and maybe try reseating it. Just getting ready for the new mobo. Anybody know any other reason for a no post?
BTW, things I've tried getting to the bad mobo/cpu: r&r hdd w/new, new oem os, different ram, r & r psu w/new. Just trying to get it to the point that I can reverse and start putting it back w/as many existing parts as possible.
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