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the board lastely is mercury

Mercury=Kobian, so it sounds like a Kobian Slot 1 board with an Intel chipset....

Not sure if this helps, but do you have the latest BIOS (IW0108), available here:

BIOS, Instructions & Fixes

Also, Linux support for your PC here:

E-PC 40 Linux Support

BIOS upgrades have to come from HP, board is an OEM manufactured for HP.

According to this page, it appears there are no BIOS updates available yet:

Presario 8000T Driver Downloads

It would help if you could tell us what HP system you have, Pavilion 524n or???

There is a BIOS for this board here (scroll down the page until you find it):

http://old.gigabyte.com.cn/support/inte ... link686lx4

Depending on which model of the EN series, manuals and BIOS updates (ROMPAQS) can be accessed here.

Here is a page with some settings as well, it appears the max memory is only 128 MB of EDO:

http://th99.dyndns.org/m/E-H/33833.htm

Were you able to reach the Epox link I included earlier? It had manual, driver and BIOS info.

I neglected to mention that the P55-TV also has a cache slot next to the CPU. Yes, the boards are different - the P55-VX doesn't have the cache slot or DIMM, 3 ISA, 4 PCI, 4 SIMMs and is an AT board. Here are some images of each: P55-VX http://th99.dyndns.org/m/E-H/33829-1.jpg P55-TV http://th99.dyn...

This appears to be an Epox P55-TV motherboard, 4 ISA, 4 PCI, 4 SIMM, 1 DIMM, Intel 430VX chipset, AT. Support page here:

http://www-old.epox.nl/english/support/ ... t.php?id=6

Strange, the link works fine for me. This information applied to :BIOS ID error Doc. No. 30001922 Date 2004/07/18 FAQ Latest What should I do when there's error message of "BIOS ID error. Are you sure to program?" upon flashing BIOS with "Winflash" or "Radarsync"? Answer : Please click "No" and quit...

You're welcome, keep us posted on how you are progressing with the problem.

The LEDs are on the outside, just above the keyboard and mouse connectors - check it out here:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/s ... tm#1105531

Some info on the WinFlash utility here: http://www.dfi.com.tw/Support/mb_faq_us1.jsp?FAQ_ID=3062&PAGE_TYPE=US&SITE=US Download the latest WinFlash utility as recommended (at the link above) here: http://www.dfi.com.tw/Upload/Driver/WinFlash-875Inf.zip Unzip and run the WinFlash utility with the matc...

There are diagnostic LEDs at the rear of the case - have a look at them when the system is POSTing and make a note of their colours when it hangs. If you have the manual there should be a troubleshooting section that explains possible problems and what to do to fix it, or post what you find here and...

The MSI K7T series motherboards are notorious for the capacitors failing. Have a look at the larger ones in particular - if any are bulging or there are signs of electrolyte leakage this is likely the problem that it won't POST. Info available here:

http://badcaps.net/