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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: Chaintech 9PJL2 Motherboard's BIOS will not start |
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I purchased this motherboard back in April 2004- 20 days into it my
motherboard randomly stopped working and Chaintech replaced it with
another. (that time I would press the power button and nothing would
happen at all- somehow the motherboard and my former offbrand power
supply busted) Now, well past the year warranty, I've replaced the
special Chaintech sound card with an older PCI Creative 5.1 sound card
(still works in other computers). I then tied down all of my wires and
cleaned up the inside of my computer. With all of my peripherals
installed, I try to start it up, to no avail. Everything is powered as
usual (fans powered as usual, hard drives spinning, cd-roms can open),
but the speaker does not beep when the BIOS begins and nothing appears
on the screen.
I've tried everything to find out what is wrong:
- replaced LCD monitor with old working CRT monitor...nothing
- replaced my 256 mb 256 bit AGP 8x 9800XT ATI card with an old 64 mb
card...nothing (btw I do have the extra power thing plugged into the
256 mb video card)
- took out all of the extras in case and left only the video card and a
hard drive (and a massive Thermaltake cooling ...nothing
- I then try other ata cd-roms and sata hard drives, then tried it with
nothing...no change
- unplugged the 4 plug thing from the motherboard to see if I could get
the computer to beep as it has before...no beep (it has beeped before)
- unplugged the extra power from the ATI card...no beep (it has beeped
before)
- I then finish completely take off every cable tie off of every wire
that was left...still nothing
- I then unplugged the front LEDs and buttons and left only the speaker
and the power button...nothing
- I replaced the power button switch with the reset switch...nothing
- reset CMOS in between each one of these steps- nothing
After trying everything I could think until about 5 this morning, I
then took the little battery out (I think it was a 1 in width watch
battery or something like that- probably the CMOS battery) and then put
it back in. Nothing. I then reset the CMOS yet again...nothing.
I have a 480 watt Thermaltake power supply which I've had since Jan.
Also last week I stuck another two sticks of Corsair 512 mb RAM in, for
a total of 2 gb. I have a Thermaltake CL-P0025 SilentTower thing on my
2.8 ghz P4 processor. I'm about to start testing all of my other
components in another older computer to make sure they still work
(except my two SATA hard drives...too bad SATA hadn't been invented yet
when my older computer was made). After my many problems with this
motherboard company, I am about ready to move to another. I wouldn't be
surprised if I was missing something obvious, but I've tried
everything. Thank you for you time- any suggestions will be greatly
appreciated!! |
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uddarts
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Chaintech 9PJL2 Motherboard's BIOS will not start |
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"" wrote:
| Quote: | I purchased this motherboard back in April 2004- 20 days into
it my
motherboard randomly stopped working and Chaintech replaced it
with
another. (that time I would press the power button and nothing
would
happen at all- somehow the motherboard and my former offbrand
power
supply busted) Now, well past the year warranty, I've replaced
the
special Chaintech sound card with an older PCI Creative 5.1
sound card
(still works in other computers). I then tied down all of my
wires and
cleaned up the inside of my computer. With all of my
peripherals
installed, I try to start it up, to no avail. Everything is
powered as
usual (fans powered as usual, hard drives spinning, cd-roms
can open),
but the speaker does not beep when the BIOS begins and nothing
appears
on the screen.
I've tried everything to find out what is wrong:
- replaced LCD monitor with old working CRT monitor...nothing
- replaced my 256 mb 256 bit AGP 8x 9800XT ATI card with an
old 64 mb
card...nothing (btw I do have the extra power thing plugged
into the
256 mb video card)
- took out all of the extras in case and left only the video
card and a
hard drive (and a massive Thermaltake cooling ...nothing
- I then try other ata cd-roms and sata hard drives, then
tried it with
nothing...no change
- unplugged the 4 plug thing from the motherboard to see if I
could get
the computer to beep as it has before...no beep (it has beeped
before)
- unplugged the extra power from the ATI card...no beep (it
has beeped
before)
- I then finish completely take off every cable tie off of
every wire
that was left...still nothing
- I then unplugged the front LEDs and buttons and left only
the speaker
and the power button...nothing
- I replaced the power button switch with the reset
switch...nothing
- reset CMOS in between each one of these steps- nothing
After trying everything I could think until about 5 this
morning, I
then took the little battery out (I think it was a 1 in width
watch
battery or something like that- probably the CMOS battery) and
then put
it back in. Nothing. I then reset the CMOS yet
again...nothing.
I have a 480 watt Thermaltake power supply which I've had
since Jan.
Also last week I stuck another two sticks of Corsair 512 mb
RAM in, for
a total of 2 gb. I have a Thermaltake CL-P0025 SilentTower
thing on my
2.8 ghz P4 processor. I'm about to start testing all of my
other
components in another older computer to make sure they still
work
(except my two SATA hard drives...too bad SATA hadn't been
invented yet
when my older computer was made). After my many problems with
this
motherboard company, I am about ready to move to another. I
wouldn't be
surprised if I was missing something obvious, but I've tried
everything. Thank you for you time- any suggestions will be
greatly
appreciated!!
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i feel your pain, been there, done that.
beg, borrow or buy($15) a digital multimeter. then fire up those nice
case fans and check the 12volt line from one of the molex connectors.
(yellow wire) make sure the psu is putting out close to 12 volts.
nice try with the battery. that has known to work sometimes when it’s
a stuck bios(for lack of a better term). since you tried all the usual
suspects, i would try reseating the cpu. if that doesn’t work, it’s
either the cpu or the board. oh, what choice.
that off brand psu hadn’t been near this board?
ud
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Chris
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Chaintech 9PJL2 Motherboard's BIOS will not start |
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The Chaintech VNF4 Ultra I bought did the same thing after flashing the
BIOS. I called Chaintech's tech support and they said that flashing the BIOS
can fry the CMOS chip about 20% of the time. They are sending me a new chip
preloaded with the latest Phoenix BIOS for my board for free. If you are
still having trouble with your board you may want to try a new chip as well.
I'll let you know if a new chip fixes my board.
Chaintech Numbers
Tech Support: 1-510-656-3607
Customer Service: 1-510-656-1393
Operator: 1-510-656-3648 press 0
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