Re: Black screen on boot: MB or PS defect?

In article <mosl97dkbgl19d3onu2us0n4sk9e5osjpa@xxxxxxx>, Tom McCreadie <mccreadi.spamjam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul wrote:

Between either the Winbond feature (and your computer amplified speakers),
or the beeping on the case speakers, you should be able to get some kinda
feedback as you remove stuff and test.

Some Incremental progress: After correcting an erroneous cable routing in the
snakes nest behind my desk :-), I _do_ now get a Winbond voice message on
start-up. That message was exactly the same irrespective of whether I started
with a) no video or RAM installed; b) video but no RAM; c) both video and RAM.
It was an indecipherable four word Mantra from a charming Chinese lady. If I
presume it was in default English mode, it came over to me as something
phonetically like "display control fullboard crash" :-)

But I get no speaker case error beeps. The 4-pin SPKR lead (System Warning
Speaker Lead) from my P4C8800-E MB is connected to the control panel of the
Antec P160 case, but I can find no speaker in that case, nor or a ref to it in
the manual?

I appreciate the many useful leads provided by you and the other thread
posters.
Still following them through


DO a search on Google for ICH5R latchup

The ICH5 and ICH5R are know to meltdown.

The P4C800-E Deluxe uses this chipset.




http://onfinite.com/libraries/179057/2ea.jpg


http://www.howtofixcomputers.
com/forums/homebuilt-pc/pc-has-no-video-no-beep-code-301641.html
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