I currently have a p133 based pc on a card (as used in Industrial pcs). It doesn't boot, although the power supply comes up and is good. It will boot after a long rest, very symptomatic of dying silicon. It doesn't start the POST at all. The monitor provides no display at all.
Last time it booted, it started windows, worked for a few minutes, and then sat there with the error "Windows protection error - you must restart your pc". The pc, of course wouldn't restart. I have been able to run the cpu and memory in another box.
Does anyone know if startup circuitry goes through the main chipset (Intel 82430)or is the preserve of some little startup circuit? If it's the former, I'll cheerfully forget it. The latter is always worth a look.
TIA,
Declan Moriarty.
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