🚀 go-pugleaf

.. and it came to pass that Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.freeser
ve.co.uk> uttered forth:
>In article <cD$8HZA4cLj4EwyP@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave
><Dungeon@SpamNot.Here> writes
>
>>[1] Power On Self-Test - plug it into a ISA/PCI slot of a dead mobo
>>and it'll tell you via a 2-digit code what is at fault. 
>
>I used one for a while, called RACER and made by Ultra-X.  IMO, Its
>usefulness was limited - OK, it could tell you what stage of POST a dead
>board was stopping, but the cure for clone motherboards is replacement
>anyway, so what's the point?

Er... I didn't explain myself clearly previously - I'm led to believe that
the 2-digit code will tell you what component currently plugged into
the mobo is preventing it from firing up properly, such as a duff
memory chip, processor not seated, VGA card problems etc.
Removing/replacing this item should sort out the problem. I've
come across many mobo "problems" that vanished when some
of the pluggable components are reseated (or the DIP switches
properly set)!!
>
>This particular model also had diagnostics built into ROM so was useful
>for things like quick memory and hard disc checks.  It died on me a
>couple of years ago and UltraX wanted silly money for a repair (it had
>custom PALs and other chips had the markings sandpapered off, making 
>a
>DIY repair impossible) so now I do without.
>
Hmmm.... worth remembering this about UltraX, in case I have
cause to contact them at all.
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"Dungeon" Dave, in anti-harvest mode...

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