[plug] OT: POST codes for Gigabyte?

[Chris Cornish]

I use this procedure for all not just giga-byte so dont think they are dodgy
or anything :)

Regards
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Felsche" <bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] OT: POST codes for Gigabyte?


> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:24:25AM +0800, Chris Cornish wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 08:16:55AM +0800, Chris Cornish wrote:
> > > > 95% of the time with a gigabyte board 3 long beeps is usually
> > > > memory. if you get continual beeps it is usualy graphics card
> > >
> > > Thanks. Looks like it was the memory.
> > > 1-second-beeps are obviously "short" ones according to some...
> > >
> > > Swapped in the DDR from another machine and it came up fine.
> > >
> > > How the heck does swapping a CPU cause a memory module to fail??
> > > All the lights on the mainboard were off during the swap.
>
> > Although you shouldnt have to We normally unplug ATX power and
> > give it 10 mins or so to fully discharge the capacitors (press
> > power button in with atx power unplugged to be sure)
>
> Crikey... It says Gigabyte on the mainboard; not Dodgey Bros. :-(
>
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