Well the problem doesn't appear to be solved by switching the memory
because it happened again tonight.  I'm going to send a separate thread
regarding testing the power supply.  I'm thinking seriously about buying a
new motherboard.

Bill Nussbaumer

At 09:04 PM 11/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>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:
>><snip>
>>
>>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).
>><snip>

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