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Golden tee stop working
Encryptedmind:
Playing my 2007 golden tee dedicated machine updated to 2018 and all of a sudden it shut off and wouldn't come back on. I thought it was the power supply so I replaced it with the same one that was in their. That didn't work. I replaced the 2032 battery on the board thinking it was something stupid like that but didnt work. Their is power going to the power supply I checked that. The green LED light on the motherboard lights up but nothing else lights up or anything. No fans turn on the board or on the video card or power supply. Can anyone help me please.
lilshawn:
well, now that you've killed the BIOS data by removing and replacing the battery you have to manually jumpstart it and enter the bios and fix the settings so it will power back on automatically again. you'll have to move the yellow jumper on the motherboard (it's position varies depending on your motherboard model but it will be near the battery) to its opposite position in order to enter the BIOS and make the changes. to power on the board you are going to have to take off the blue/yellow wire connector off the motherboard and short out the red position shown on the board. this is the power switch for the board...
after you make the changes and save them, power off and replace the jumper to its previous position to normal boot.
as for why it croaked on you initially, it's likely due to the northbridge overheating. if it's got one of the LGA 775 boards, the cooler on the NB is really no good to begin with and also if it has bad capacitors on it rails, it is allowing ripply power into it and it overheats. you can try and fix the board, but to be honest,it might be too far gone to be reliable anymore. luckily you can go on ebay and find decent used boards still. just search for the D915GUX (or whatever board you have)
so if you manually boot the machine and the fans spin up but it does not startup (show ITs logo etc.) your board is likely toasted. you can try and reseat the video and ram and stuff, but these boards are getting pretty janky. you might end up having to get another one to replace it.
Encryptedmind:
Thanks for responding. The motherboard led light is on already the one below where the ram goes in. When i turn the power on the fans on the motherboard and the power supply turn for a split second then shutoff then Im getting nothing at all. Im just getting a hum from the monitor board. I tried jumpering out the red power and switched the bios over but it didnt do anything at all. Anything else I can do?
lilshawn:
you got blown out caps by your northbridge. i can see them in the first pic without even zooming it on it.
you MAY be able to resurrect the board by swapping them out, but your chances of it working again since it died randomly... are probably less than 30%.
ideally you want to change them while it's still works...but since it died on you.... :dunno crap shoot.
Encryptedmind:
I see what your talking about awesome thanks so much for pointing that out. I ordered another board from ebay there pretty cheap. Ill keep the board for spare parts. Thanks again.