Mysterious Lockups

[Matt]

$15 shipped.

That ought to be a real gem.

 

[spodosaurus]

<snip>

Thanks for the help everyone, but it looks like the replacement motherboard
is faulty.

It just sits there making random clicking noises and the diagnostic LED's
going mEnTaL

Now i get to see how good DFI's support is...

Thanks,

Hamman

Those clicking noises are coming from the speaker, right? Motherboards
generally don't have moving parts (aside from the sometimes present and
always annoying northbridge fan).

 

[Hamman]

Those clicking noises are coming from the speaker, right? Motherboards
generally don't have moving parts (aside from the sometimes present and
always annoying northbridge fan).

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Yes, most of them are... <stares a voltage regs>

Don't get me startd on northbridge fans, thats what killed my KX7-333 and
started this whole saga. Damn Abit.

hamman

 

[spodosaurus]

Yes, most of them are... <stares a voltage regs>

Don't get me startd on northbridge fans, thats what killed my KX7-333 and
started this whole saga. Damn Abit.

hamman

I replace northbridge fans with zalman heatsinks. Just that little bit
less noise, and those fans rarely last even until the end of warranty.

 

[kony]

I replace northbridge fans with zalman heatsinks. Just that little bit
less noise, and those fans rarely last even until the end of warranty.

The Zalman passive 'sinks are very nice if/when the CPU 'sink blows
towards them, but if you'd wanted to use the orig. NB 'sink it would be
slightly quieter and much longer lasting with an initial lubing with
high-viscosity oil, or reduce fan speed with inline resistor, diodes in
series, or fan controller. As good as the Zalmans are they won't keep a NB
as cool as a fanned 'sink... mostly an issue if trying for max o'c.