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Offline Heinkel

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« on: January 27, 2003, 11:59:17 AM »
Got a PC from a friend, he said all it needed was a CPU and it will work (had HD, RAM, Vid. Card, ect....). So, I went out and bought the cheapest thing I could find (Celeron, becuase I wasn't sure if the PC even worked). Sure enough, it didn't work :) Here's what happens. PC starts up as soon as it's plugged in. I don't have to hit the power button or anything, just starts up. Nothing is displayed on the screen, and I hear no beeps.

Sound like a bad jumper configuration? He did say he messed around with the jumpers before he gave it to me...
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Offline Heinkel

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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2003, 12:49:43 PM »
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Got PC to boot sequence. PC boots up like it should. The second after it says 64,000 Kb memory passed, it freezes. On the top right it says post code: 6A (dunno if this helps). Any ideas? This system might use pc66 or pc100 ram. I have pc133 in now. Could this be the problem?
« Last Edit: January 27, 2003, 01:44:31 PM by Heinkel »
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Offline Pfunk

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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2003, 04:43:13 PM »
The memory shouldnt matter, the board will only recognize it at what it is supposed to.  I used PC133 in a board that only supported PC100 with no problems.  Best thing to do is find out who makes the Mobo and what model, then find out what that post code means.
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