Ok, PCCHIPS the board mfr says to replace the battery.Did that even though it reads 3.07 volts.same problem
Here's the boot sequence
1) turn it on and it beeps once(seems normal) 2) vdo comes on, show AWARD bios info... 3) memory check. 131Megs ,which is true. tried 64 megs, 192 megs, always reports correct amount( use this mem in another PC OK!) 4) goes to ident the drives. correctly reports none( it's out in another system) putting in 4 different drives and it correctly ids any and all of them. 5) CMOS checksum error, loading defaults, press F1 to continue or DEL to enter setup this is where it hangs! arrghhhh. tried 2 keyboards which work on another system, same error(LEDs flash on boot,normal)The motherboard is a PCCHIPS m787clr, 1gigapro with a VIA C3 - VT133 onboard. It's an 'all on the motherboard' style so can't pulloff PCI cards,etc as none exist.
Now for the really weird part.According to PCCHIPS website the bios flash is an AMI. According to the bootup screen it's an AWARD ...and... the label on the flash say Phoenix !!!
All voltages are correct, obviously the cpu/mem/vdo/etc are ok......so... what else is there ?
I can't update the flash as I can't get into DOS. Aside from tossing it into the trash can, what other options are left ? Ironically I can get a COMPLETE tower( P3,128M,20G HD,'all on mobo') for about $150. To buy jsut a mobo and P3 cpu is over 200. Go figure.
Any ideas......?
jay
-- Jay Miller Temtronic Designs Inc.