I've had a M3A32-MVP Deluxe MB for five years now, with Phenom quadcore CPU. It has been worinkg allright except for some hangs after start-up during the last year (or no video output) which I resolved by turning the PSU power off and on. However, yesterday I started the PC, POST shows up and correctly recognizes all devices. Then it just sits there without any HDD activity. Seems unable to commence booting process. BIOS setup can be accessed via DEL, flashing utility too. But not F8 boot device menu.
I tried the following: disconnect both HDDs, DVD and cdrom drives - no POST errors reported. I flashed the BIOS to the newest version twice. Tried both memory sticks and their combinations. Removed front USB panel. Didn't help. Also cleared CMOS data and plugged out/in the BIOS chip. Yesterday I tried to boot from Linux livecd - DVD drive is silent. Booting from USB stick also doesn't work. All I get is that damned POST saying everything is OK.
Can it be the MB is somehow defective?
I tried the following: disconnect both HDDs, DVD and cdrom drives - no POST errors reported. I flashed the BIOS to the newest version twice. Tried both memory sticks and their combinations. Removed front USB panel. Didn't help. Also cleared CMOS data and plugged out/in the BIOS chip. Yesterday I tried to boot from Linux livecd - DVD drive is silent. Booting from USB stick also doesn't work. All I get is that damned POST saying everything is OK.
Can it be the MB is somehow defective?
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