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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: System Crashed???
> If all you're seeing is the monitor test block with a message like "your
> monitor is working, check your cable or PC", and you are not getting even
> the POST screen, your mobo is history. That happened to me last year. If
> you are not seeing the POST screen you either need to replace the mobo or
> hope that someone can tell you how to save the one you have. I'd replace
it
> if it were me (which is what I did). Joel
>
I've seen this a couple of times with my friends machine and I still don't
know what caused or what fixes it, but I would check all the connections and
check again. I just left his computer off for a while ( about a half hour
and then it would work again.
>
>
> Dear Larry (and anyone else following this line who can help),
>
> I can't even get the BIOS. No DOS, nothing. All we see is the
> monitor test block. I tried to clear the BIOS with reset jumper but it
> didn't help. I went to Gigabytes Web Site and found nothing on BIOS
> recovery.
> This is a totally new problem for me. I was wondering if it
> could be possible with both my wife and grandson hitting 2 different
> buttons almost simultaneously (which both do hard boots) could this have
> somehow given the motherboard an electrical short..or fried it?
> At this point I have the hard drive, floppy drive, both CD
> drives and all peripherals pulled except the video card. Any suggestions,
> ideas, random musings (ANYTHING) will be thankfully received and most
> welcome.
>
> David
>
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