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223246 2004-03-18 10:12:00 > > Dead mobo or cpu.Try the cpu first of course,then
> a
> > mobo.If its been oc'd they may both be dead.
> >
> > aern't you 2 the guys who run a business building
> and
> > fixing computers?
> >
> > Now you say you bought the system through a
> > shop......and you have no idea how to even begin
> > fixing it?
> >
> > How would you look if you were called out to a job
> > and you had no idea,or known good parts,or the
> > ability to source known good parts immediatly?
> >
>
> Thanks everyone, will do as suggested and get back to
> with results - except metla.
>
> 1) I had already figured that it was the motherboard,
> or the CPU. However, unlike you most probably would,
> metla, I'm not going to go and buy a new motherboard
> unless I know I absolutely have to.
>
> 2) Clearly you, too, have no Idea what you are doing.
> POST tests basic functions of the motherboard, and I
> have been taught that it is designed to beep when
> things go wrong. If, metla, it was a dead CPU, which
> i would not be surprised if it is, then can you
> explain to me, and guarantee that your explanation
> would work, as to why there is no beep? The
> motherboard manual clearly states "AmiBios Post Code
> Beeps : ... 5: Processor Error", and my question is:
> WHY NO BEEP?
>
> 3) Thankyou for your somewhat interesting remark to
> our business. This is completely irrelevant, and I
> see no point in explaining to you the incorrectness
> of your point, as it would waste both my time and
> yours. (If you want to make it personal, please email
> me.) But I'll go as far as saying that i cant afford
> to buy reserve stocks of motherboards just yet. Also,
> you claim we have no idea, but once again are wrong:
> I always have clear ideas of problems before coming
> here (I have difficulty getting nice answers out of
> people, case in point: yourself :D), and I was
> making sure before spending more money.
>


i hardly see my reply as being not nice,i was trying to open your eyes to a little slice of reality as far as being in the bizzo is concerned,and no i dont purchase through shops,i own one.

If you attempt to enter the market with your current set up then you will very quickly earn yourself a bad name.You may not like what i have to say but i feel you need to hear it.The remarks were not intended as a personal attack of any nature.

As to the cpu and no beeps?....I make my call from experience.Been there,dont that many a time.Twice this week alone thank you very much.

Besides which,how can you expect a dead cpu to run the code which will report the error? 		metla (154)
223247 2004-03-19 10:03:00 Well thanks everyone, and sorry metla - I'm used to having people get nasty on places like this.

Well it's now out of my hands, its been sent back. Not my decision. Had it been, I would have checked the CPU with my 2800, and my ram. He only had 1GB Max at any time, and they were in the right slots.

If the CPU Is holding up bios (funny, i was told it shouldnt - but in hindsight it makes alot of sense), then my test would have confirmed that.

Anyway, thanks everyone...

PS. My original hunch was the Mobo or the CPU.... thanks for the reassurance. 		Growly (6)
223248 2004-03-19 10:10:00 I would like to know the end result and how it was fixed.

Possibly others might like to know too. 		Elephant (599)
223249 2004-03-19 19:32:00 Ok then, I'll get back to you when I am told :D Growly (6)
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