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Abit kt7a exploded?

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SVTLightning

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I'm trying to fix my sisters computer and I think I've narrowed to problem down to the motherboard (old abit kt7a) Her system specs are:

Athlon 1.2ghz
Abit kt7a
512mb pc133
Geforce3
WinXP sp1

The problem: When powering up the computer it comes on (fans start to spin up, the monitor blinks like it's coming on but I can't see anything) for less than a second and goes back off. I have to completely power down the power supply (on / off switch on power supply) to get it to try again. I tryed using my power supply, same thing. Took everything out except the proc, ram, video card... same thing. I've narrowed it to processor or motherboard. Which would you say it is? Thanks for ANY advice :)

SVT
 
Check around the processor for buldged or leaking capacitors. The KA7's had a problem with this, though I'm not sure about the KT7's.
If so, it's toast, unless you or someone else can solder new identical cap's on it.
 
Thanks for the reply. I just looked at all the capacitors I could see on the board and they all look fine. Does it sound like the board or processor?
 
Did anyone change the location on the motherboard of where you plug in the cpu cooling fan? If the plug is not on the correct spot (it is marked) the computer will not boot. I still have three of these boards and the exact same thing happened when my dad upgraded one of the boards.
 
My friend had a similiar problem. It turned out his motherboard burnt out.
 
Originally posted by omegasteve
Did anyone change the location on the motherboard of where you plug in the cpu cooling fan? If the plug is not on the correct spot (it is marked) the computer will not boot. I still have three of these boards and the exact same thing happened when my dad upgraded one of the boards.
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Yep, it used to be my old board and I had that same problem years ago. Not the problem here though...

I talked her into getting a cheap DDR board and I'm gonna give her some old pc2100 (2x256) I have laying around. Thanks for the help guys.

SVT
 
I would say that it is the motherboard. I would put the probability much higher than it being the processor. A guess would be a bad VIA chipset, or bad capacitor(s).
 
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