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by jupiter
Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:55 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Abit BH6 is dead
Replies: 7
Views: 4592

Stranger still

It's even stranger than I thought. I replaced the battery with a new one and I was able to post and get into bios setup, but once I saved my changes the board wouldn't post. After much messing around I find that: 1. It will post from a cold boot if the battery is absent. To do this I unplug power, r...
by jupiter
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:04 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Abit BH6 is dead
Replies: 7
Views: 4592

Almost posted twice...then nothing.

This is strange. I haven't played with the box in question for several days and left it completely disconnected (no keyboard, mouse, monitor, power etc.). I popped out the battery (cr2032) and measured 2.96 volts. It is nominally a 3V battery, so I think that's OK. I thought I'd check to see if the ...
by jupiter
Fri Jan 23, 2004 7:05 am
Forum: My motherboard is dead
Topic: Abit BH6 is dead
Replies: 7
Views: 4592

Abit BH6 is dead

I have two Abit BH6 motherboards, one works and one doesn't. The non working board does not post or beep. I have: - verified that the RAM is good (using the other BH6) - used the PII 450 CPU from the working board - removed all drives and cards except a PCI video card When I power on, the fans spin ...