(Reposted because the symptoms have changed, the original post was months old, and in the wrong section)
I have an old Biostar U8668 Pro motherboard that unfortunately doesn't seem to want to work properly. None of the caps (pretty much all OST caps) are bulged, which doesn't necessarily mean they're good.
When I power the board on with either SDRAM or DDR RAM, I get an low-pitch beep for a few seconds, then a high pitched siren, indicating CPU failure or overheating, but doesn't shut off like it used to.
What gives me hope that the board somewhat works is that if I boot it with no RAM at all, I get a solid continuous beep, indicating "no memory detected" so the BIOS at least gets far enough to initialize the RAM.
What capacitors, or components are the most likely to be bad? Just to see if I can get the board to at least POST successfully, just so I know it's not a lost cause.
I have an old Biostar U8668 Pro motherboard that unfortunately doesn't seem to want to work properly. None of the caps (pretty much all OST caps) are bulged, which doesn't necessarily mean they're good.
When I power the board on with either SDRAM or DDR RAM, I get an low-pitch beep for a few seconds, then a high pitched siren, indicating CPU failure or overheating, but doesn't shut off like it used to.
What gives me hope that the board somewhat works is that if I boot it with no RAM at all, I get a solid continuous beep, indicating "no memory detected" so the BIOS at least gets far enough to initialize the RAM.
What capacitors, or components are the most likely to be bad? Just to see if I can get the board to at least POST successfully, just so I know it's not a lost cause.
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