V915P chipset mother board

Beat Takeshi

Beat Takeshi

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Anyone have a 915p chipset motherboard with dual- channel DDR ram laying around doing nothing?

Need for LGA775 CPU 533/800MHz

Looks like mine bit the dust. Keeps shutting itself off. Even before the BIOS can start.
 
Beat Takeshi said:
Anyone have a 915p chipset motherboard with dual- channel DDR ram laying around doing nothing?

Need for LGA775 CPU 533/800MHz

Looks like mine bit the dust. Keeps shutting itself off. Even before the BIOS can start.
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Reset the CMOS, Check the power supply.
 
MiniMan13 said:
Reset the CMOS, Check the power supply.
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Cosign,
and after that start changing out parts one by one if you can with spares or from a friend's machine and see if you can isolate the problem component. Sometimes it can be random things, memory, video card, cpu... also make sure all the components are seated properly
 
Nah, just a PC. How do I reset the CMOS?
I changed the power supply and got the same thing.
I pulled eveything out to eliminate but its bare and doing the same thing. It seems to shut off faster the more I try which maybe is a heat safety thing? If i let it sit it will take longer to shut off.

THanKs
 
Beat Takeshi said:
Nah, just a PC. How do I reset the CMOS?
I changed the power supply and got the same thing.
I pulled eveything out to eliminate but its bare and doing the same thing. It seems to shut off faster the more I try which maybe is a heat safety thing? If i let it sit it will take longer to shut off.

THanKs
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Im going to assume you have the stock Intel LGA775 HSF.
Are all 4 pushpins on the heatsink pushed down?
What mobo do you have exactly, ill look it up and tell you how to reset the CMOS.
 
There is a jumper that needs to be momentarily shorted on most/all mobos. Like MiniMan said, need the specific model number to be able to tell you where it is and what pins to short. In the mean time unplug the power supply and pop out the little watch battery that's on the mobo and let it sit for a few minutes and pop it back in and start her up, see if that resets the CMOS.
 
Oh sorry, swap it over to the other pins right next to it, leave it for 10 minutes without the battery or power, put the battery back in, plug it in and hope it works!
 
there are only 3 pins total and 2 are taken up already. I just slide it over one pin then?
Take the battery out first then do the pins?
 
Here goes nothing. Do I change it back before I put the battery back in or put the battery in and then change it back?

Thanks
 
Beat Takeshi said:
Here goes nothing. Do I change it back before I put the battery back in or put the battery in and then change it back?

Thanks
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I think MiniMan went to sleep so I'll answer, either way should be ok but change it back and then put the battery back in is what I ususally do
 
Beat Takeshi said:
So what does this do exactly?
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It resets the CMOS to default settings. Usually tweakers/overclockers like me and I'm sure MiniMan adjust a lot of these settings to get the most out of our systems and sometimes there are dire consequences, usually some of the components become too stressed and the system wont POST or is waayyyy usntable so we clear the CMOS/BIOS to reset it to default settings.

Unfortunately, from what you are describing you might have a f---ed Mobo, and would probably need to build a new system while salvaging as much of your old components that are compatible with the new Mobo... sorry
 
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