25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
7:51 a.m.
Philip Pemberton wrote:
Hi guys,
It seems my 386 has gone off to join the Choir Invisible. I pulled the
motherboard to clean off some battery residue and other gunk, and
replace the RTC chip socket -- now it's completely dead. I'm getting
"D-SUB: NO INPUT" on the monitor, no beeps or noise from the board, no
signs of life whatsoever. The HDD spins up, and the lights blink, but
the brain isn't doing squat.
...
The board I had was one of these:
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/I/INFORMTECH-INTERNATIONAL-INC-486…
...
Thanks,
You might want to try replacing the Dallas Battery backed up RAM as
well, they only last about ten years - perhaps the battery has shorted
and this is killing the data bus?
John :-#)#