I am SO #@%(ing angry right now..

[Brunt]

Ok well...I ruined my first 1800+ from trying to unlock it...well, now I am trying to unlock my 1600+, Its about my 8th time now, but I felt really really good about this one, I double checked everything, and everything looks good...well, I went to put my heatsink back on, slk-800...and I go to boot up, and all I hear is BEEP-BEEP-BEEP so I shut down...re-check cpu, reset the bios settings...and still, BEEP-BEEP-EEP...I go looking around to see whats up....and I see a little tiny thing right by the socket.

I pick it up...yeah, when I put my heatsink on, the heatsink clip razed the mobo and shaved off this ?resistor? right by the socket. I think I even see where is was supposed to go...if the mobo is f&$^ed, then I am just gonna try to sauder it back on!!

If I cant get it to work...new mobo....any suggestions?!?


:EDIT: oh and by the way....they are long beeps...

 

[Brunt]

Looking at new motherboards...I was really waiting for a new type of PCI bus to come out....but I guess I cant wait.

I read kt400 doesn't have a 1/6 divider...does any kt333 have it??
I dunno....whats the best board out there? Asus 8x, ata serial, firewire, lan for $120....it has kt400 though...I dont think I am gonna buy new ram just yet...

 

[Deathknight]

kt400 doesn't support 1/6 divisor (i think kt400a is supposed to). The soon to be released nforce2 chipset is rumored to allow you to lock your pci and agp bus speeds. Even better than 1/6 divisor

 

[scott123]

3 long beep usually means no VGA? Anyway, guess unlocking is only fun when it works

 

[residentevil2]

did u smell anything funny ?

And are u sure its a resiter thier all over the board like little tiny rectangle shaps thier really really small tho.

If thats tru you can solder it back on if you can solder something that small.

 

[Robbie]

Good luck with your SAUDER job.
Rob

 

[ThePunkGeek]

long beeps i think is ram on my board.

try reseating the ram just for the fun of it

 

[Brunt]

Well...I went and let it beep 22 times..and I dont think it was gonna stop..ah well...I guess I can use my laptop untill the new chiptset...allows you to lock the pci/agp bus? I guess I can shoot for higher then 162 fsb, my pci was running at 43 I think there...

 

[ReTiCuLeX]

Damn really sorry to hear about that bro. Same thing happened to my friend. We installed an ASUS A7M266 mobo in his case , stuck his duron in an stuff. Next thing ya know the computer turns itself off , the capasitor rite by the CPU FELL OFF and was hanging by 1 leg. well it fried his cpu also.

 

[Brunt]

I looked at the cpu(thinking about my old 1800+ that fried) and it looks ok...I remember hearing a small pop...maybe when I hit it, I didn't knock it off all the way....then when I turned it on..it poped off. OH WELL....I am looking at new nvida? chipset...locks the pci/agp bus....

 

[PCphreak]

It's an SMD resistor...to solder it back on you need a SMD tip on your soldering pen, not to mention experiance. It's not easy.

For the heck of it, hold the SMD resistor in it's original place with the tip of a toothpick and place a dot of hot glue over the top of the SMD resistor. Keep pressure on the resistor until the glue hardens. Leave the toothpick in the glue for testing, then remove the toothpick afterwards. Just a thought...

-PC

 

[Brunt]

Glad I found this forum...I will try that tonight, thanks!!

 

[OC Detective]

Continuous long beeps in an Asus generally mean it is a DRAM problem.

 

[Brunt]

I removed my ram, and put it back in....could the problem with the ram be from the resistor??

 

[OC Detective]

Are you trying to reboot at default now. Have you tried replacement ram or putting the ram in another mobo to eliminate this as a possibility?

 

[Robbie]

hold down the insert key while booting.
Rob

 

[Brunt]

Well...I tried that, also tried F1, and Escape..I dunno what to do...I replaced the ram...

 

[The Coolest]

when I don't get a boot, I generally have to set the jumper that you use to choose betwin jumper mode and Jumperless mode to "Jumper mode" turn the PC on, then off, and then put it back to jumperless mode, and it works for me, if it doesn't, also try setting the speed of the CPU by jumpers, just set the default multi and 100FSB just to get a boot, then take everything back to jumperless mode