 Re: motherboard post
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:21:27 +0100, "Christo" <chris@ no spamming
juststuff.co.uk> wrote:
>will a motherboardPOST without a processor or if there is a faulty/dead
>processor being used?
>
>same said for will a motherboard POST without RAM or if faulty/dead RAM is
>being used?
>
>please please someone answer me
>
POST is Power On Self Test. The BIOS performs the test of components.
You need power to the MB. Seeing your other posts, you probably have
that. If your MB isn't dead you are POSTing, but not successfully.
You don't need a CPU, but the post will fail to complete. You should
get a beep code.
You don't need memory, but the post will fail to complete. You should
get a beep code.
You don't need a graphics card, but the post will fail to complete.
You should get a beep code.
If you don't get a beep code, the likely culprits are:
1. You don't have a working speaker properly attached.
2. Your motherboard is dead.
Having said that, I have seen so many examples of good boards and
other components being RMA'd that I don't trust anything you've said.
I don't trust that you have a good speaker connected to the correct
pins. You have to prove it, and maybe you can't. I don't trust that
you have a good power supply, etc.
In any case, you might want to take the board to a shop and pay to
have it properly tested. Because if you RMA it and end up back
where you started, it would be worth the cost.
I'm not being hard on you. I just went through a similar scenario
with an Intel board and was advised by multiple people to RMA the
board. Having seen over and over where RMA is just a solution
for stupidity, I didn't trust my own diagnosis and kept on until I
found the real solution. But that board has nothing to do with your
problem, and you could in fact have a bad board.
--Vic
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