cadillacman
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just picked up a rough pos area 51... been in a basement, cab smells of mold.. board had a light oxidation all over it.
when i looked at it , on powerup youd hear the "bing" sound they make on powerup, then it would just sit at a bright blank screen..
I got it home, rechecked it. i reseated some connestors. It Booted, no bing no sound at all but booted up and played fine otherwise. I found that the audio ic area was soaking wet from snow melt due to the move so i powered down and dried it out immeadiately.
I rechecked some connectors to try to fix the sound, now its back to no bing no sound and blank screen.. Voltages have been checked and good.
I tried the board in my max force cab with same result- no sound no bing no video nada..
THe hard drive light is solid on powerup then after awile it will flicker randomly. I even went as far as making sure the roms on the top board have good 5v...
I removed chips and applied "deoxit" to all sockets, reinserted chips with same result. Even treated the enitire board including the 2 board sandwich connector. I have even tried a new board-to-hd "ide" cable with same result ... wtf...
THe hd is noisy as hell, will a bad hd cause no bootup and a blank screen? Im thinking the cold trip back made the hd work for a short ammount of time.
I figured it would at least boot and say "no hard drive" or something like that...
whatcha think?
Im effed arent i? Its bad enough while moving this converted pos it started falling apart...
Easy chrtistmas flip this is not! LOL thats what i get i suppose.
im afraid powering up with the board bieng wet cooked something...
when i looked at it , on powerup youd hear the "bing" sound they make on powerup, then it would just sit at a bright blank screen..
I got it home, rechecked it. i reseated some connestors. It Booted, no bing no sound at all but booted up and played fine otherwise. I found that the audio ic area was soaking wet from snow melt due to the move so i powered down and dried it out immeadiately.
I rechecked some connectors to try to fix the sound, now its back to no bing no sound and blank screen.. Voltages have been checked and good.
I tried the board in my max force cab with same result- no sound no bing no video nada..
THe hard drive light is solid on powerup then after awile it will flicker randomly. I even went as far as making sure the roms on the top board have good 5v...
I removed chips and applied "deoxit" to all sockets, reinserted chips with same result. Even treated the enitire board including the 2 board sandwich connector. I have even tried a new board-to-hd "ide" cable with same result ... wtf...
THe hd is noisy as hell, will a bad hd cause no bootup and a blank screen? Im thinking the cold trip back made the hd work for a short ammount of time.
I figured it would at least boot and say "no hard drive" or something like that...
whatcha think?
Im effed arent i? Its bad enough while moving this converted pos it started falling apart...
Easy chrtistmas flip this is not! LOL thats what i get i suppose.
im afraid powering up with the board bieng wet cooked something...
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