Dead TX-Pro motherboard (Amptron 8500)

jtfox · Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:10 pm

Whilst upgrading a hard drive 4.3GB I got into AMI winbios, the mouse arrow froze so I rebooted, now cannot boot at all, the monitor light just blinks, any suggestions?

Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:00 am

Amptron PM-8500 = PC Chips M560
Check all connections. Try to clear CMOS.

Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:30 am

By upgrading do you mean replacing your original primary master HDD, or adding the new one as a primary slave?
This sort of hanging might be due to both HDDs set to Master on the same IDE cable.

jtfox · Mon Jul 08, 2002 5:04 pm

I have a CD-Rom on the same cable as the upgrade 4.3 GB HDD. I think that the CD-Rom is set as a master, could this be the problem? How do I flush the CMOS on this board as I cannot find any jumper and the battery is not accessible?

Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:56 pm

First disconnect everything including IDE and FDD cables and remove all cards. Keep only VGA and keyboard. If it's still dead, clear CMOS (see board manual for jumper location).

jtfox · Tue Jul 09, 2002 6:11 pm

I found the jumper, booted with jumper on then took jumper off and rebooted again. When rebooted same effect, nothing at all. I have a second Amptron PM-8500 with a non functioning battery, if I took the bios chip off that and placed it on the dead board would that be a solution?

Tue Jul 09, 2002 7:52 pm

If the BIOS is bad, that will work.
Otherwise you can replace the battery on the working board and swap the boards.

jtfox · Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:20 am

Many thanks for your help, it has been highly appreciated.