Gary,
 I purchased a "boot card" during my first pc build trying to diagnose  a 
problem.When I ran it, it did show a combination of lights which, when I  checked 
the sequence in the manuals' code key,  basically said I either had  a faulty 
motherboard, memory or power supply (not very helpful info to a  beginer). I 
re-seated my ram, checked connections and even tried re-setting  bios. I'm 
ashamed to say I did all this (and a few other acts of  desparation) all at once 
instead of a step at a time so I don't have a clue  what actually fixed the 
problem, but the mobo, ram and PS weren't changed.
 
 So, in short, It didn't help much in my one time's use. I  believe most (if 
not all) PCs' beeps during post tell much the same thing if one  is 
knowledgable of the meanings of the beeps.
 
I'm interested to read other replies on the subject.
Phil Williams 
 
 
In a message dated 7/7/2008 8:59:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Hi  folks:

I saw an Ebay auction for a card that fits into a PCI slot that  can =
troubleshoot motherboard problems through a series of beeps, tones  and =
lights.

According to the description, this thing can tell you  if the CPU, the =
memory, the cache, etc. is toast.

Has anyone had  any experience using a PCI diagnostics card?  It's also =
known as a  POST card.

gary r tennesen







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