Computer is dead

**fuzy** · October 30th, 2001, 01:24 AM

I have a pc chips 599lmr m/b and when it boots up nothing shows up on the monitor. I have tried a different cpu, memory, monitor. Has anyone else had this problem? Is the onboard video dead or is the bios corrupted? When i turn it on i do not get any bios beeps at all. could the cmos battery be dead? HELP!!

Thanks in advance

Fuzy

**vapd** · October 30th, 2001, 02:12 AM

You may have done this already but check EVERY connection inside the PC. If it was battery you would see a message. If checking all the cables etc dosnt work then try clearing the CMOS. If that dosnt work then.....

**Garak** · October 30th, 2001, 02:40 AM

disconnect everything from the board except memory and cpu, and try an old pci video card (hopefully u will have one) plug in the speaker and power, then try that, also is the board new or has it been working and then suddenly stopped?
any more info will help..

**fuzy** · October 30th, 2001, 07:34 AM

The board is about ten months old. It was working fine and then one day i came home and the screen was blank. (the computer is always left on) I had to shut off the power and reboot and it worked fine. Then about a week later it happened again but this time on the reboot it will not restart. I have not upgraded or changed anything inside the puter prior to the problems starting. One thing i did find was the cpu fan was not turning. It must have gone bad. I thought I had burned up the processor but when I pulled the processor and put it into another good working machine it booted up fine. So I ruled out a burned up processor. I will be running out today to get a new fan and heat sink.

Thanks Again

Fuzy

**vapd** · October 30th, 2001, 08:17 AM

This is just a thought, I had a friend who was useing an old PCI graphics card. The PC was quite old and on all the time. His breakdown was similar in that it was 'gradual' and it turned out to be the PCI slot itself, everything else was fine.

**Garak** · October 30th, 2001, 09:35 AM

possibility that the board is toast if everything else is working ie processor and memmory, as suggested try another video card. hopefully it will work until you can find a new mobo. good luck.

**Ruslan** · October 30th, 2001, 09:49 AM

Most likely it's either fried voltage (3,3v)regulator,either somehow erased or damaged BIOS
chip.
In first case You should use ISA video card and P54C (non-MMX) CPU. If after that PC started as usually,You should have to resolder that transistor... check voltage regulator's output voltage...

In second case You should try to reflash BIOS chip in another motherboard like I have already described here:

**vapd** · October 30th, 2001, 05:50 PM

Can I just ask: why an ISA video card?? Dont understand.

**Silverman** · October 30th, 2001, 06:56 PM

If the 3.3 volt regulator is toast chances are the PCI slots won't function or onboard video, thus the need for ISA video card.

**Garak** · October 31st, 2001, 12:10 AM

i cant remember but on this particular board, i m not sure whether there is any Isa slots avaidable on the mobo, thus i think the chances are very slim of the actually working again. Good Luck Fuzy, also if ur not sure ISA is an old expansion slot, usually black, and much longer than the PCI slot (which is white).

**fuzy** · October 31st, 2001, 12:17 AM

I tried an isa and still nothing. I did find a small component on the m/b that looks cooked and both of it's legs were no longer soldiered onto the board. I am wondering if it is the voltage regulator. On the chip it says NEC K3296 9zm. Where can you find such a chip? I wonder if the bad cpu fan overloaded it and burned it out. I am also wondering if it just easier and wiser to replace the m/b and upgrade to a new duron or thunderbird. I have found a few combos on pricewatch for about $100 bucks.

Thanks for all the help!

**Ruslan** · October 31st, 2001, 05:40 AM

[quote]Originally posted by fuzy:
I am wondering if it is the voltage regulator. On the chip it says NEC K3296 9zm. Where can you find such a chip? I wonder if the bad cpu fan overloaded it and burned it out. I am also wondering if it just easier and wiser to replace the m/b and upgrade to a new duron or thunderbird. I have found a few combos on pricewatch for about $100 bucks.

**doyler** · October 20th, 2003, 03:14 PM

[QUOTE=Ruslan]

Originally posted by fuzy:
I am wondering if it is the voltage regulator. On the chip it says NEC K3296 9zm. Where can you find such a chip? I wonder if the bad cpu fan overloaded it and burned it out. I am also wondering if it just easier and wiser to replace the m/b and upgrade to a new duron or thunderbird. I have found a few combos on pricewatch for about $100 bucks.