> There is NO 'built in (Central Processing Unit) chip' on the PowerTowerPro
> motherboard.
D'oh!
> The built in ROM (read only memory) on a computer contains essential
> information which enables the computer to start up and do things BEFORE the
> hard drive, which is the 'information
> storage' component, could possibly be accessed (something has to tell the
> computer to look for a hard drive , for example)
> Also built into ROM is a sound that alerts you to everything being
> ok...BONNNG...or not ok
> SCREEECH...CRASH!!
> If the ram, for example, has bit the green weenie, then you would hear a
> car crash and know
> that something was wrong, usually with ram (random access memory) which are
> the components that are the 'interface' between the CPU and the hard drive
> (simply put)
Didn't hear a car crash, the power comes on and the fan starts running, but
that's it. If you're saying that all I need to do is replace the card, then
I'll buy a new one, but if you're not sure, that could be an expensive test
process. I already paid $3210.00 for the damn thing when I first bought it,
( a rip-off, I know that now), I'd really rather not pour any more dough
into this thing.
> The L2 cache on the Motherboard will have NO bearing here. It should have
> been removed when the 400mHz G3 card went in as it becomes redundant at
> that point. I suppose it COULD actually
> still interfere with proper operation of the computer equipped with a G3
> card and certainly
> would be a test I would have performed with the 400mHz card installed.
I'll leave it out permanently. I haven't tested the card without the L2 chip
in, so I'll do that tonight. I won't get my hopes up though, gut tells me it
most likely isn't going to work. I'm pretty confident the card blew it
brains out, but we'll see.
Cody...
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