Suggestions are in great demand, because I'm at wit's end (almost).
It's an Asus SP-98N Socket 7 Board, NLX Arch.
I simply moved the machine to plug in a printer cable, and in doing so, the video blinked out and nothing comes up.
I've tried the following:
Connected a different power cable to it.
Connected it to a different monitor.
Tried booting without any drives (w/ different monitor)
Tried booting with different RAM
Swapped the motherboard and the case
Swapped in another Asus SP-98N NLX board
Swapped in another riser card
Mixed and matched the riser cards
Mixed and matched cases*
Swapped out processors
I think I've tried every combination imaginable. I still don't understand why the hell the thing blinked out from simply moving it.
The monitor still works (old Dell US) - I plugged in a laptop and it shows up perfectly.
The NLX system(s) don't power on the Vaio monitor I also used for testing.
I've tried the following sticks of ram:
Kingston PC-133, Crucial PC-100, Nanya PC-100. Nothing.
I should mention that the machine was on and running for about two months without a restart or hiccup (win2K Pro). So, I'm completely confused why simply moving it would cause it to blink out.
Also, the LEDs keep blinking. Except, with NLX, the LED card doesn't come with the board or the CPU, so I have no clue what it means.
The second Asus SP-98N board I tried was never tested, and neither was the case. Never bothered (re: no time).
Finally, I've googled this and read the manual, but no mention of this issue, except that it 'might need to be serviced'.
I'm not necessarily looking for the answer, but any suggestions I haven't tested yet.
Very much appreciated, thank you.
It's an Asus SP-98N Socket 7 Board, NLX Arch.
I simply moved the machine to plug in a printer cable, and in doing so, the video blinked out and nothing comes up.
I've tried the following:
Connected a different power cable to it.
Connected it to a different monitor.
Tried booting without any drives (w/ different monitor)
Tried booting with different RAM
Swapped the motherboard and the case
Swapped in another Asus SP-98N NLX board
Swapped in another riser card
Mixed and matched the riser cards
Mixed and matched cases*
Swapped out processors
I think I've tried every combination imaginable. I still don't understand why the hell the thing blinked out from simply moving it.
The monitor still works (old Dell US) - I plugged in a laptop and it shows up perfectly.
The NLX system(s) don't power on the Vaio monitor I also used for testing.
I've tried the following sticks of ram:
Kingston PC-133, Crucial PC-100, Nanya PC-100. Nothing.
I should mention that the machine was on and running for about two months without a restart or hiccup (win2K Pro). So, I'm completely confused why simply moving it would cause it to blink out.
Also, the LEDs keep blinking. Except, with NLX, the LED card doesn't come with the board or the CPU, so I have no clue what it means.
The second Asus SP-98N board I tried was never tested, and neither was the case. Never bothered (re: no time).
Finally, I've googled this and read the manual, but no mention of this issue, except that it 'might need to be serviced'.
I'm not necessarily looking for the answer, but any suggestions I haven't tested yet.
Very much appreciated, thank you.