- Joined
- Dec 28, 2009
- Location
- under a heatsink
Here's a board you probably don't see here too often. It's a Commell LV-673 mini-itx socket P board. I bought it as-is in the classifieds for barely anything and I am trying to get this sucker to post. It came with some Kingston half-height Value Ram DDR2 and a Pentium M 750 (1.86/2M/533). I can give the board power and make it turn on, but I cannot get it to post.
When I got the board the CPU fan (some 40mm Foxconn chipset fan on a super slim heatsink) was choking up, so I blew out the dust, took it apart, cleaned it, and lubed it. Now the fan is great but it made me think the CPU might be the problem. So I removed the HSF and what do you know. It was probably the s**ttiest TIM application I've seen, and the top of the CPU die was discolored looking. I cleaned up both surfaces and the chip looks fine now, threw on some AS5 and the board still wont POST. Not even an error code beep. I email the TS at Commell but I doubt they'll say anything useful.
Anyone have any ideas? I am thinking either the CPU is bad or their might be something with the board...
When I got the board the CPU fan (some 40mm Foxconn chipset fan on a super slim heatsink) was choking up, so I blew out the dust, took it apart, cleaned it, and lubed it. Now the fan is great but it made me think the CPU might be the problem. So I removed the HSF and what do you know. It was probably the s**ttiest TIM application I've seen, and the top of the CPU die was discolored looking. I cleaned up both surfaces and the chip looks fine now, threw on some AS5 and the board still wont POST. Not even an error code beep. I email the TS at Commell but I doubt they'll say anything useful.
Anyone have any ideas? I am thinking either the CPU is bad or their might be something with the board...