Hey, pc.
Well, you certainly know your way around this motherboard. It sounds
like you know every trick in the book.
I think the motherboard is starting to go south on you. My guess is
that some of the capacitors on the motherboard are failing. This can
cause power problems within the motherboard, which in turn can lead to
problems like the ones you describe.
Take a look at the capacitors on the motherboard. They should all have
flat tops. If any of them look like they are bulging (like Coke cans
getting ready to explode) or leaking, those are bad. If you are handy
with a soldering iron, you can actually replace them yourself. A friend
and I have done this on a couple of motherboards.
Otherwise, you may want to be sure your PayPal account is in good
standing.
I hope this helps. Maybe one of the other regulars around here will
have some other ideas.
--Alex
pcmacd.RemoveThis@yahoo.com wrote:
> I've had this machine forever. It started out with a K6/2 350, then a
> K62+450 @ 550, then a K63+450 @ 550. Maxed ECC RAM. 3 levels of cache
> with the latest processor (1 MB on mobo!)
>
> Last spring I got around to putting XP on it. Was disappointed with
> the AT/33 disc i/f when everything else was so nice. I purchased a
> Syba ULTRA ATA/133 raid based on the Silicon Image SIL680 Ultra ATA/133
> IDE controller chipset. It supports both RAID and JBOD.
>
> Installed the card, loaded the bios, set MOBO to boot from SCSI,
> configured the card when it found the HDD, and bazoom! Really nice
> with my DiamondMax 5T040H4 ata 100 drive.
>
> It worked great for months. Then it started booting slowly. Then it
> started general misbehaving with an occasional crash. I figured the
> HDD was corrupt. Loaded SpinRite and it wouldn't even run
> consistently. Put a new P/S in, no different. BIOS finds the card.
> Card finds disc. Won't boot.
>
> Removed all the unnescessary boards including Syba RAID and put the HDD
> on the MOBO primary AT socket. Runs like a charm. Put the Syba board
> back in, Syba board not recognized, system won't boot from MOBO
> primary. Shazzam! It's the Syba card, right!
>
> I bought another low cost RAID card based on a VIA chipset. _EXACT_
> same problems.
>
> I tried swapping PCI slots, about everything I can think of. I even
> went with really conservative system board timings, tried resetting the
> BIOS. I know it wasn't tweaked before failing because it is password
> protected.
>
> I'm distressed! Given the fact that now the system occasionaly hangs
> before the BIOS clears, I'm wondering if this MOBO has just basically
> gone south.
>
> Buy another on EBAY? Reseat all my board jumpers? What? What the
> what?
>
> What do 'yall say?
>
> tanks.
>
> pc
>
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