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Re: [LUG] Arghhh! I keep killing motherboards...

 

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jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> OK, I have just moved and taken my computer set-up plus about four other 
> boards I have aquired along the way. I set up the board that I was 
> using...nothing. I set up one of the other random boards and it posts but 
> doesn't load the OS so I try to hook a CD ROM up to the system and it kills 
> it....The same thing happens with another board with a different CD drive as 
> I thought it was the drive that killed it.
>    Adding a CD drive to an IDE cable shouldn't stop a Motherboard from 
> working, should it?...what's going wrong here? Ahh! I've turned into a 
> computer killer!!!
> Jon 
> 
> 
is it plugged in correctly,  that can have weird results if its plugged
in badly or backwards.  is the Memory in Ok, (remove and insert one by
one),

With regard to the above issue,  is the PSU ok, is the voltage output
correct ?

Paul

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