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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: Maksim on May 20, 2006, 02:47:32 PM
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Whats up? I have a motherboard that i got and it has AMD Duron 800 Mhz and i installed everything properly the hard drive cables memory sticks and the power and etc.. and i put in a Video Card, when i turned it on, it turns on but the harddirves dont spin because i can feel them when i put my hand one and when i disconnect the the Harddrive IDE cables and turn it on they spin just fine, and the screen is black (sleep mode) I dont know what is going on.. Please i need really big help.. Thanks.......
If you have any questions reply in this forum and ill read it and ill reply too... Thank you..
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What is the history of the motherboard? Do you know it works correctly? How about some details of the machine, drives, jumper settings, operating system, etc.
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HMM the history of the mother board here is a site... http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=92 If i smell the chips and etc.. it smells like it is burned.. can that be the problem.. I had the same problem with my other computer and i fixed it and i dont remember what i did my other computer smells like the chips are burned...
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By history, I meant where did you get it, why was it sold/given to you and did it work priot to this? Honestly, if it smells burned, it probably is. :o :o :o :o
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Yeah I agree....Burning smell = Tears..!!!!....Do U get any BEEPS ???...That may help solve prob...cheers all.
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The History of the motherboard is that i bought the motherboard from a guy.. and he told me that it works and he took it out of a working system.. The Motherboartd does not give any beeps here is what ahppends...: When i push the power button it turns on and everything stays the same.. I have one more question: Why does the mother board have two heat sinks and fans.. it has only one processor and one chip.. I have the fan on the processor, but on the other chip it doesnt have one.. so my question is.. Should I put a fan on the processor and the chip....
P.S. I accidentaly driped some thermal paste on the processor chips it is a AMD Druon and it has some chips on it.. and i aciddentaly driped some thermal paste between the contacts.. and i erases as much as i can.. will it cause problems.. is the thermal paste conducted... thanks.. God bless... I really need to fix this motherboard.. thank you...
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What is the motherboard make and model?
Yes thermal paste in the wrong place can cause problems. I don't wquite e understand. you got some on the pins where it plugs in?
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The Make and the Model is: ABIT-KT7
and what i meant by the pins touching the thermal paste is if you take a AMD duron processor you can look on the top and there will be the main chip and some other chips and the termal paste came in between the small chips..
I 've found some new discovery. When i plug teh IDE cable from the harddrive into the motherboard and i turn the computer on the hard drive does not spin, when i take the IDE cable out of the mother board and turn the computer on the harddrives are spinning.. and i have one question: Is there a posibility that there is no BIOS driver.. I mean there is a BIOS but i dont kno if it has the BIOS driver and that is why it is acting up..
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Are you sure tthe hard drive is functional?
Why don't you unplug all the cards and drives except the CPU/FAN, 1 memory chip and the video card and see if it powers on correctly.
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Yeah im sure that the harddrive is functional.. I took it out of a working system.. I already tried that.. This is what i did. I took everything out except the Video Card and the CPU/FAN and one memory stick of 128 M.B. and it still wont work...
P.S. Here is the picture of my motherboard: (http://www.abit-usa.com/images/products/kt7-large.jpg)
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OK, so it is a bad Mobo, a bad CPU or a bad PSU OR it is not connected properly. Tell us about the power supply.
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I think that you are probably right the processor might be bad, because i tested it yesterday.. I tunred on the computer and it did not boot the hard drives in another words the harddrives were not spinning, when i took the processor out and turned the computer back on the hard drives were spinning.. and the power supply is a regualr power suplly that you might find on a Pentium 2 system..
P.S. Everything is connected properly..
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Maksim......Is your mobo ......... a ABIT-KT7 or a ABIT-KT7- Raid as the pic shows ?
Did you install a cooling fan on the heatsink that you installed on the processor ? If you didn't and you powered it up it is probably fried . ( That would account for the burnt smell you describe.
Did you thoroughly read the manual before you proceeded to put things together ? What is the capacity of the power supply that you used .......?
and the power supply is a regualr power suplly that you might find on a Pentium 2 system..
What does that comment mean ?
When you installed the mobo in the case , did you check to be sure there where no shorts or grounds ( or anything lodged between the board and the case ? ) .
Were you ever able to enter the CMOS set up ?
dl65 ::)
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My Motherboard ABIT-KT7... NO RAID.. I YES i installed the cooling fan and the heatsink. The mother board did not come with a manual.. but i can get it off the internet. and when i installed the MOBO in the case everything is fine.. no shorts nothing.. i dont know what is going on.. i really want to get it to work so i can put Linspire on it.. but it doesnt work.. and i cant even get to CMOS.. I think that the BIOS driver is missing... or something.. and i cant flash the BIOS because it wont even boot teh floppy disk.. I think that it is the processor not the mobo...
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And do you have a spare processor if that's what you are sure the problem is?
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Maksim..... For some reason , you dont seem to answer the questions asked ...... perhaps its a language thing ....... You say some chip (s) smell burnt ...... Which ones ?
Was this a new motherboard ?
Did you bother to download and print out a copy of the appropriate manual before you started to assemble ........ ( I am inclined to think you didn't , because if you had read it all , you would know what the additional fan is for .........
What is the capacity in Watts of the power supply you used ?
Why do you believe it necessary to flash the BIOS ?
Did you follow....exactly the directions detailed in the mobo manual before attempting to power up the board for the first time ?
Did you visually inspect the bios chip to see if it is fried ........ does it smell ?
Have you checked to make 100% certain that the floppy drive is working ?
Are all the internal cables new or used ?
Have you tested the processer with its heatsink and fan in another machine ?
Once you provide answers to these questions , we may be able to offer an opinion .
dl65 ::)
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I dont have a spare processor but do you think that may be the problem.. I can take the processor out of my working home computer and test it but im afraid that it will bust this processor too.. Any other ideas.. I had the same problem with my other mobo but i fixed it by just chaning the ram and the processor and it works now... So i dont know about this.. one.. does any one have another ideas.. Thanks.
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Maksim .......... Unfortunately we dont seem to be speaking the same language......... So ......................
[size=22]Bye bye ......[/size]
dl65 ::)