Sure, Gary, these POST cards have been around for ages now.  I owned one 
(ISA slot variety) in the late 80s.  They were useful, especially before 
there was any standardization of BIOS chip manufacturers.  Nowadays, 
however, they are somewhat useless, or should I say redundant,  in that 
there are fewer manufacturers, beep codes are not just some obscure noises 
made during start-up, etc.  My suggestion is that instead of spending money 
on something like this, spend the time, instead, to learn beep codes, 
startup sequencing, and what exactly is happening at boot time.

Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Tennesen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 2:06 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] pci post card


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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