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

 

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
When you say it won't POST, how far is it getting?  Anything on screen?  
Any beeps from the system?  Memory counting? Recognising the hard disk 
and/or CD?  Have you checked the BIOS to see if it recognises the hard 
disk that is connected?  When you say 'kills it', in what manner?

Kind regards,

Julian

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