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Originally Posted by RWood
According to the notes on my nForce Phoenix BIOS one constant tone is a bad motherboard or a bad power supply or a bad keyboard.
Or a scrambled CMOS that just needs a reset. I had this problem last week with an nForce Phoenix BIOS.
I flipped to my BOFH reference sheet and found that the problem was caused by "cosmic rays."  |
Yeah ... cosmic rays. That's the ticket. I tried resetting the CMOS earlier today ... even replaced the battery. No joy.
And, I've checked out the keyboard ... that's not the problem. The power supply is working just fine ... everything is buzzing and humming up a storm, and the mobo even lights up. It just doesn't get to the BIOS.
It's got to be the mobo. At least that isn't going to cost me an arm and a leg. $150 or $200 I would guess (nope .... looks like it's going to be more like $400 or more eeek). Still, it's the time involved that is going to make me wish for death.