Storm caused CPU/Motherboard damage?

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chipfryer

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Hi all I wonder if you could help me please?

System:
Gigabyte k8ns Motherboard
AMD 64 3000+
1 Gig Ram
Radeon 2000 Video card
2 drives (Master/Slave)
DVD RW
DVD R/CD Burner

A recent storm knocked out my system? I have swapped all hardware including Video card and memory all work fine. I could not get to post until this morning when the system started perfectly after a long time being dead. Nothing seemed wrong so I shut the system off and bought surge protectors. On trying to boot the system again the same thing, nothing.

Fans start and then stop. Motherboard lights light for a short time and then go off.

I stripped down the machine to bare parts and then I took off the power switch connector and shorted this to see if post was received. On one occasion this worked but not since.

My question is this?
How can I really tell what has gone on this machine? motherboard or CPU and are there things that I might have missed that might cure this problem please?
I did read somewhere online that if you could get the system to boot then a reinstall of Bios might sort the situation out?

Many thanks Chipfryer.
 
first op all, try a bios reset ( disconnect the PSU from the mobo and remove the battery. then wait about 15 seconds and put it back in)

but its hard to tell whats wrong. do you have a other pc where you could test the components seperately?
 
Hi Angle. Thank you. Well I got it running again and am thinking this is now a bios issue? I have downloaded the latest bios versions from Gigabyte but have never installed a new bios so it's new to me.

There might be a HD issue too because this has only started when the slave has been disconnected? (Perhaps coincidence?)

Thanks again.
Ever flashed the bios???

Chipfryer.
 
Sorry Archangel is the name right. Many apologies.

I have done all the usual things. Taken out everything and tested one at a time. Everything is ok but those I cannot test too well. The motheboard and CPU.
It started again a while ago and I had a few messages: mmc.exe has to close, Dr Watson etc. All my data is safe it seems.
Disconnect di not work this time around it seems to need longer? Don't we al right?

thanks 'Archangle'

Chipfryer.


Archangel said:
first op all, try a bios reset ( disconnect the PSU from the mobo and remove the battery. then wait about 15 seconds and put it back in)

but its hard to tell whats wrong. do you have a other pc where you could test the components seperately?
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Hi Xycron.
I can boot if I wait a few minutes with the battery removed and power switch set to off.
Apparently nothing that I can see is wrong apart from some messages that do not appear anymore mmc.exe/Dr.watson needs to close etc.
Again I do not see these anymore.

I checked in Bios to see if all was listed, I have no IRQ problems that I can see. The thing is that it will not boot once turned off. I have to leave the battery removed (CMOS Cleared.) as Archange suggested

Any ideas please?
Thank you.



Xycron said:
What exactly is wrong with the system if you got it to boot.
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CMOS Checksum error

CMOS Checksum error.

Still need to update Bios perhaps?
Thank you.

chipfryer said:
Hi Xycron.
I can boot if I wait a few minutes with the battery removed and power switch set to off.
Apparently nothing that I can see is wrong apart from some messages that do not appear anymore mmc.exe/Dr.watson needs to close etc.
Again I do not see these anymore.

I checked in Bios to see if all was listed, I have no IRQ problems that I can see. The thing is that it will not boot once turned off. I have to leave the battery removed (CMOS Cleared.) as Archange suggested

Any ideas please?
Thank you.
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