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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
- Path: sparky!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!ilan
- From: ilan@seas.gwu.edu (Ilan Berkner)
- Subject: Re: More on OPTi chipset with GUS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.190858.27651@seas.gwu.edu>
- Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu
- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <1992Dec10.025854.4658@stiatl.salestech.com> <42414@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <1992Dec12.011904.28570@udel.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 19:08:58 GMT
- Lines: 10
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- In article <1992Dec12.011904.28570@udel.edu> meshreki@zip.ee.udel.edu (Samer Meshreki) writes:
- >Similar problems like those also happened to me. However, the problem
- >turned out to be the motherboard -- it wasn't properly seated and had
- >a slight bend! Drove us crazy for hours until someone noticed it from
- >the side.
-
- The motherboard cannot touch any metal surfaces. If it does, then it's likely
- that some part of it will be grounded. This will cause a short, and either
- the board will be fried or some safety mechanism will prevent the computer
- for completing it's boot-up.
-