Heok Hee Ng wrote: > Since yesterday, I've had no startup chime and a blank screen upon > starting up my 7600/G3 (just the LED lighting up). Recognizing that > this is due to poorly seated processor/RAM or a dying PRAM battery 99.9% > of the time, I did the following: > 1. Reseated processor firmly > 2. Reseated RAM > 3. Changed PRAM battery > 4. Reset CUDA > Still no success even after resetting processor several times. Tested > to see if the G3 processor (a Sonnet) was bad by replacing with the > stock 604e processor and concluded it wasn't the processor. > Next tested if it was bad RAM that was the problem...wasn't it either. > Today, I have been getting random freezes and had to force a restart by > pushing the reset button. The last two times I did this, the startup > chime was cut off halfway by a high pitched whine and I got the blank > screen. > Is my mobo dying? > > Heok Hee > > >
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