I would remove the modem card. Just give it a go.

About last week, I had an interesting problem, I was building a PC, but it
won't boot at the first time, the message (it has a talking mobo - Aopen
mobo with Dr. voice feature) was "your CPU may have a problem", so I changed
another CPU with the same message. As soon as I pulled all card but video
card out (and had to clear COMS too), the PC worked. If I put the modem card
in, the mobo said "your CPU may have a problem" again (changed another modem
solved the problem). I still don't understand why modem card can do "damage"
like this, but this makes me "hate" internal modem more.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Tiwana" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 1:17 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] does not boot up at al


>  But when I brought it home, the modem card was not installed, I opened
the
> computer and iinserted the card in one of the bays.
> Now when I booted it up, it would not go beyond the noise of the fan.,
does
> not go to HD or A drive.
> It was working alright two hours before when I bought it.
> I kept it in my car in the cold for 90 minutes or so  on my way home. I
did
> not drop it anywhere.
> When I inserted the modem, I had to open the case. I touched the steel
case
> with my hands, so
> it cant be the electricity in my hands. So what lead to its failure.
> the fella who sold it to me says it could be the failure of the mother
board.

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