I feel like a bit of a schmuck.  I just noticed that the fans weren't
plugged in.  :-)

This evening, after 2 days of not being able to start my computer (the
worst it's ever been) I read in a troubleshooting guide that power to all
drives, LED's and fans (with the exception of the two unplugged ones of
course) but no signal to monitor or beep codes could signal a RAM
problem.  I switched the RAM DIMM from slot 3 to slot 2 and it booted right
up.  I'm hopeful that this will permanently fix the problem but not
convinced so far.  That's the problem with "periodic" issues.

Thanks for any replies so far, I still welcome any knowledge related to
such problems and Abit boards.

Bill Nussbaumer


At 10:29 PM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
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>
>Occasionally when turning on the system, the power light turns on, hard
>drive light starts, CD lights turn on, fans are audible but there is no
>video signal to the monitor.  A reboot almost never fixes the
>problem.  However, if I leav
>e the computer for an extended period without doing anything (anywhere
>from 1/2 hour to overnight) it will usually start up without a
>hitch.  (Side note: once an over night wait ddn't help.  Curiously the
>Numlock light on my keyboard never went out during this time so I
>unplugged the computer - waited, numlock was no longer lit and then it worked).
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