[wellylug] What did I do wrong ? - destroyed motherboard

[Peter Jones]

Did you upgrade using Compaq (or aftermarket-but-specified-for-Compaq) RAM?
The older Compaq boxes were particularly fussy about RAM.
remove the new stuff and try again.

I probably wouldn't have left the power plug in - many power supplies have 
voltage applied to the board regardless of power on/off state - unless it
was switched off at the wall outlet.

I assume you have been through the normal diagnostic processes - disconnect
/ remove everything 
apart from cpu, original Compaq RAM (does this have on-board memory?) ,
video card (if not integrated), 
clear the CMOS with the jumper and try booting




---Original Message-----
From: Nigel Walters [mailto:nigel.walters at ihug.co.nz]
Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 12:43 p.m.
To: wellylug
Subject: [wellylug] What did I do wrong ? - destroyed motherboard


Hi,

I was recently given a working  Compaq Prolinea 5100e with 16MB ram. I
was attempting to upgrade the memory when the machine stopped working
with the error "102-System board failure". The HP website suggests
replace the system board. I had taken the anti-static precautions of
leaving the machine plugged in and trying (maybe not succeeding !) to
keep holding on to the case while fitting the extra memory.


Any comments on what I did wrong. I have upgraded many machines without
noticeable incident up to this point.

regards
Nigel 
-- 
Nigel Walters <nigel.walters at ihug.co.nz>


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