Hi guys, I have troubles after recapping my board. One of the 4 caps on the output side of the VRM is slightly bulged, otherwise there was no issue with the board at all. I read the other thread about polymodding this board, it was really helpful! So I went on and replaced the 4 caps with the NCC ones too. I used my spare XP1600+ to test first, as I do not want to fry my CPU, it's a nice 1700+ that can run 1.35V and very high clock too. It took me at least 3 tries to get it finally boot up into bios(I was anxious and mistaken the power LED and then power reset for the power switch wiring at first), I was really happy to see it POST into bios normally. Before I switch back the CPU, I wanted to test the 1.35V Vcore too, this time it didn't boot up, the CPU fan spins and there is no beep. I thought OK, it's too low and I switched back to the 1.7 Vcore, unfortunately it never boot up again, CPU fans spins and there is no beep.
At this point I thought the motherboard is dead. I was frustrated and sad, so the stupidity began, I remove the CPU cooler, power it on and just to see if it gets hot at all. Surely it get hot quicker than my solder iron, before I could shut it off, one of the coils of the VRM shot up smoke for about 1 second. CPU smoked first, I don't care. The VRM actually still looked fine. Later I came to my senses and power it on without the CPU, and measure the Vcore directly from the socket, it actually matches up perfectly to the different jumper settings I tried, so VRM appear to be working still?
Anyway, what bothers me is that I don't know what went wrong, I don't know why it won't boot up after the first time. I was clearing the hole with a needle, I think was a bit careless and pushed one hole too hard, that probably delaminated the board? So it was one last boot and then the board died?? The VRM seems to work fine, but it took a hit and probably will fail soon? So I shall give it up, no need to try to boot it up with an other CPU again? Please advice, thanks!
At this point I thought the motherboard is dead. I was frustrated and sad, so the stupidity began, I remove the CPU cooler, power it on and just to see if it gets hot at all. Surely it get hot quicker than my solder iron, before I could shut it off, one of the coils of the VRM shot up smoke for about 1 second. CPU smoked first, I don't care. The VRM actually still looked fine. Later I came to my senses and power it on without the CPU, and measure the Vcore directly from the socket, it actually matches up perfectly to the different jumper settings I tried, so VRM appear to be working still?
Anyway, what bothers me is that I don't know what went wrong, I don't know why it won't boot up after the first time. I was clearing the hole with a needle, I think was a bit careless and pushed one hole too hard, that probably delaminated the board? So it was one last boot and then the board died?? The VRM seems to work fine, but it took a hit and probably will fail soon? So I shall give it up, no need to try to boot it up with an other CPU again? Please advice, thanks!
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