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Megatouch Ion/Force machines - replacing ECS board with Asus A7N8X - Questions

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justtaint:
Got it to boot into the games.  Still can't get it to power on without softbooting.  Won't keep the changes I make to the bios, even after replacing the CMOS battery.  I'm hoping I can just put a jumper over those two pins.  Will do some more work later.

justtaint:
Okay, so that jumper that comes from the I/O board goes to the exact same place on the A7N8X as it was on the ECS.
I need to swap the HSF's, and the HDD/key combo that I was going to swap into this machine doesn't load an OS, but at least I know everything else works in this machine.

justtaint:
It's got a Sempron 3000+.  Is that OK or will it generate too much heat with the shallow hsf?

mahkeymike:
Official ECS mobo use mobile sempron.

justtaint:
Working on the last Ion unit.  It was originally described as "for parts", so I'm not holding out too much hope.
Put in a "new" Asus A7N8X-VM motherboard, put in a spare I/O board, new PSU, new SSD.  Had to soft boot the motherboard with a flathead screwdriver, mobo sprang to life.  However the screen never comes on, no display at all.

I'm planning on hooking up a spare monitor to see if it's the mobo or the LCD. 
Anything else to check?

Not looking to spend too much money on this unit, I don't know the history behind it.  Ebay prices for replacement LCD screens are $220-$320, too high to make it worthwhile to fix this unless I can fit any 15" LCD panel in there.  Are there other options?

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