> From: Cody Evjen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List)
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:11:36 -0500
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Power Computing List)
> Subject: Re: Motherboard Mayhem
>
>> 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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