Re: System Won't Power Up Anymore

Stefan Patric <tootek2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My system motherboard is an ABIT AV8-3rd Eye running an Athlon 64-X2.

[difficult problem story trimmed]

I suggest with your system to check the power supply first, the
cheapest thing to replace. You could have a bad RAM chip, bad
graphics card, etc. Hopefully, it's not a bad CPU.

Last night I checked the POST code. It was 37, "Test DMA channel 1".
Per the ABIT troubleshooting section in their manual, I tried
resetting the CMOS. Still no joy. I replaced the CMOS battery.
Still broken. I disconnected my internal 50-pin SCSI cable along
with the power connectors for tape and CD drives attached to that
cable. The system booted right away after that. Of course, it
complained about a CMOS checksum and reloaded the defaults. But,
other than that it was a normal boot. This is starting to look
like a power supply issue to me. That could be because I've
overloaded it, or it could be because it's a bit on the weak side
for the load.

My PCI slots are all full with ABIT's uGuru external display,
two sound cards, serial port card, and a SCSI card. Of course
the AGP slot is full, nVidia in my case. In the drive bays I
have a CD burner, tape drive, DVD burner, floppy drive, and 3
hard drives. I also added two big fans to the system. My power
supply is a Q Technology 460W unit. Did I over do it on the
loading?

Thanks....


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