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- Mar 28, 2001
- Location
- Sweden
Hiya all !
I have just got my MAX3 Abit today and i feel good.
I have a Prometeia Mach2 to cool my cpu and my question now is since my old IC7 board i dead, because of something i dont know could have killed it.
Could have been moist from the Prommy as i saw white areas on the backside of the IC7 i figured it could have been just that.
But now when i have recived the MAX3 i see the same white stuff on the backside of the board just as i did on IC7.
So its just the manufacturing process that has done it.
But what could have killed the IC7?
I have seen many post about boards that cannot boot into BIOS, just as mine and that the fans are spinning and lights go on when pwr btn is turned on.
But i get NO beep from the IC7, i have even checked with a computer repair man and he said that there were no other problems then just the IC7 board.
Ram and cpu was working just fine, but the board didnt.
The dilemma is i have modded the IC7 enough that i cant undo the changes and RMA to the store.
So i had to buy another mobo and i would not have bought an Abit again, but then i saw MAX3 and i could not stay away from it
So i belive that the problem might be in the BIOS, but would i not get a beep or POST if BIOS "only" was in bad shape.
I had BIOS rev .16 on the IC7 and i have only heard reports of problem on the .17 BIOS so... i dunno...
My greatest fear is if dahhh... yes the board would go dead on me again.
But this time i will not do any permanent mods on the board so i can RMA if there will be a problem.
But any idea on what could have done the *RIP* on the board would be nice to hear.
/Best regardes Mike...
I have just got my MAX3 Abit today and i feel good.
I have a Prometeia Mach2 to cool my cpu and my question now is since my old IC7 board i dead, because of something i dont know could have killed it.
Could have been moist from the Prommy as i saw white areas on the backside of the IC7 i figured it could have been just that.
But now when i have recived the MAX3 i see the same white stuff on the backside of the board just as i did on IC7.
So its just the manufacturing process that has done it.
But what could have killed the IC7?
I have seen many post about boards that cannot boot into BIOS, just as mine and that the fans are spinning and lights go on when pwr btn is turned on.
But i get NO beep from the IC7, i have even checked with a computer repair man and he said that there were no other problems then just the IC7 board.
Ram and cpu was working just fine, but the board didnt.
The dilemma is i have modded the IC7 enough that i cant undo the changes and RMA to the store.
So i had to buy another mobo and i would not have bought an Abit again, but then i saw MAX3 and i could not stay away from it
So i belive that the problem might be in the BIOS, but would i not get a beep or POST if BIOS "only" was in bad shape.
I had BIOS rev .16 on the IC7 and i have only heard reports of problem on the .17 BIOS so... i dunno...
My greatest fear is if dahhh... yes the board would go dead on me again.
But this time i will not do any permanent mods on the board so i can RMA if there will be a problem.
But any idea on what could have done the *RIP* on the board would be nice to hear.
/Best regardes Mike...