Arcade Collecting > Merit/JVL Touchscreen
ECS ION Motherboard Boot Error
smartbomb2084:
Okay all you Touchmaster hating MegaTechs.... I Got a 15 inch ION EVO with a purple ECS FORCE
motherboard that boots up and hangs at the 'Hardware Monitor" screen showing the -5V as the dreaded -
61.98V. Removing 'Display Hardware Monitor At Start Up' in SETUP is only a temporary fix...
Who knows the permanent one?
lilshawn:
replace the board.
no, really.
the purple ECS board is the worst board EVER. There is a known fault in the boards where the northbridge overheats on them and gets all weird and flakey. sometimes you can re-do the thermals on it and cool it with a fan, but it's more of a bandaid on a much biggee problem. Buddy at an AMI/Merit tech seminar said replacing the regulators can sometimes help fix it, but it's a cheap trash board to begin with.
i'm putting together a replacement board list that i'll post up here in the next day or so. you can search e-bay and find replacement boards for about $30 the "megatouch" branded ones are like 300. don't bother with them.
smartbomb2084:
Sorry... it is a trick question that I know the answer to.
The board is not lost... just tie the -5V motherboard input to ground and bye bye error.
By doing this the motherboard sees the -5V status during POST as 0V instead of some floating value.
ION and FORCE Megatouch motherboards do not use -5V and the OEM power supplies don't supply it either.
mahkeymike:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on February 09, 2013, 09:46:03 pm ---
i'm putting together a replacement board list that i'll post up here in the next day or so. you can search e-bay and find replacement boards for about $30 the "megatouch" branded ones are like 300. don't bother with them.
--- End quote ---
I know of two "ION" boards that can be used that is not the "megatouch" branded ones. I would be curious to know if theres more. Ive tried close to ten nforce2 and nforce4 mobo's.
BTW, I love this new section. But im finding it hard to resist "inappropriate" information. >:D
smartbomb2084:
So do these non-Merit Approved Motherboards fit into their respective game cabinets without any major
modifications to game's mounting or wiring?
Not sure what you mean by 'inappropriate' information...
How is all of this great info inappropriate?
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