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More info?)
Honestly I may be mistaken with the board model. I don't have the info with
me, but its an nforce 2 board with 400 fsb support and onboard video. Its a
weird version that takes a while to dig up on the site. I didn't notice
anything obviously wrong with the caps, but I can double check later.
-Phil
"Peter Oosterhoff" <hoffjes@xs4all.SKIP.THIS.nl> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:26:40 GMT, "Philburg2"
> <philburg2@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>I tried to state that its kinda random where it fails in the post. One
>>time
>>its C7, another its F8. Even if it was consistent, the manual is less
>>than
>>descriptive in what might be wrong.
>>
>>"Friendly Guru" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Philburg2" <philburg2@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:NgMqd.34432$Qv5.17214@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
>>>> My backup computer recently died. Supposedly the machine locked up
>>>> while
>>>> sitting idle. Upon restart the system did not boot.
>>>>
>>>> The machine has power and no beep codes, but hangs in variable places
>>> during
>>>> boot up. A jumper reset and popping the battery did nothing.
>>>>
>>>> I figure its either bad ram or the onboard video died, but I can't
>>>> really
>>>> test either at this time.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions as to what else it could be, so that I can prepare to
>>>> look
>>>> at it when I can?
>>>
>>>
>>> Does the board have a $80 output LED, so that you may concentrate on the
>>> item it fails on?
>>>
>>> A system that fails at different places implies electrical failure, such
>>> as
>>> the RAM modules, or a short in the mobo or CPU failure.
>>>
>>> You can easily rule out the onboard video if you get an image on the
>>> monitor. Failing any clues, you must start at the foundation...check
>>> PSU,
>>> check mobo and psu, check mobo and psu and cpu (as a unit), then add
>>> ram...etc. Do all of this outside the case to eliminate any
>>> environmental
>>> influence (shorts, RFI...)
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> I did not know the 8RDA+ had onboard video.
>
> You might want to check the board for leaking capacitors.
> The 8RDA+'s produced in the end of 2003/beginning on 2004 seem to be
> 'ripe'.
> Google for 'leaking caps' to get some pictures of examples what a
> leaking capacitor looks like.
>
>
>
> Peter