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Dead TX-Pro motherboard (Amptron 8500)

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:10 pm
by jtfox
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? :(

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 12:00 am
by Rainbow
Amptron PM-8500 = PC Chips M560
Check all connections. Try to clear CMOS.

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:30 am
by ajzchips
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.

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 5:04 pm
by jtfox
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?

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:56 pm
by Rainbow
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).

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 6:11 pm
by jtfox
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? :arrow:

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 7:52 pm
by Rainbow
If the BIOS is bad, that will work.
Otherwise you can replace the battery on the working board and swap the boards.

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:20 am
by jtfox
Many thanks for your help, it has been highly appreciated.