Help with 8kha

[Arkaine23]

Does this board need to have a fan plugged into the mobo to post? All my fans plug into molex connectors.

I'm getting an FF code, no post, no beeps. I know my cpu, vid card, and ram were all good before I installed them. Its going to be a real pain to pull off the swifty and test the cpu in another rig. There's no burnt electronics smell. I've reset CMOS and reseated vid card and ram.

 

[Mooky]

The CPU Fan detect as POST is a setting in the BIOS and it is off by default. I accidentally turned it on without the fan connected once. What happens is that the computer keeps turning off at POST. It doesn't even get to the FF code. I managed to hit the Delete key before it detected it (after about a dozen or so false starts) and turned off the feature in the BIOS. Since yours is not shutting itself off, I think it's another problem.

 

[Arkaine23]

weirdness

tested all vital parts in another box and they're ok. Traded my XP for a Tbird form the other box and now it works fine.... don't know what's up but oh well. trashed that damned swifty too. Thing killed an XP last week. Using a Volcano 7 with 120mm fan for the moment... can't wait til my 3rd XP arrives and I can ditch this crappy OC tbird.

 

[LiGhTBoY]

Ah.......the old oxidation problem......don't worry I had it also.
First of all push hard (ok don't penetrate =P) on the bios chip so that oxidation between the contacts breaks. Try posting again. If it doesn't post rma it =(

 

[flounder43]

Ah.......the old oxidation problem......don't worry I had it also.
First of all push hard (ok don't penetrate =P) on the bios chip so that oxidation between the contacts breaks. Try posting again. If it doesn't post rma it =(

What?

 

[Salmon Dream]

Ah.......the old oxidation problem......don't worry I had it also.
First of all push hard (ok don't penetrate =P) on the bios chip so that oxidation between the contacts breaks. Try posting again. If it doesn't post rma it =(

can you explain how/why, and when it shouldbe used

 

[LiGhTBoY]

sorry for the delaeyed response =(

anw:

Epox decided to use a+b metals (imaginary symbols, just to explain). Those two metals become oxidised (you know what oxidised means, right? (kinda rusting =p). If they Become oxidised, then you should "breakl" the oxidasions between them so that they can make contact again. This is very common with the 8kha+ (mine had it, and eventually got RMAed =) ). You should push hard on the BIOS chip (put your finger on the chip and apply pressure *duh*) to break the oxidasion. After that start your pc and see if it worked.