Back again,

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Graeme Russ [off-list ref] wrote:

Hello (again :))


On Feb 2, 2012 2:35 AM, "Mulyadi Santosa" [off-list ref] wrote:

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Hi again :)

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 22:28, Graeme Russ [off-list ref] wrote:

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I suspect possibly flakey cap in one of the voltage regulators

if that's true, that's really nasty. And I think that also means that
motherboard is pretty unusable for long usage period.

Is it possible to just trade your motherboard with new one?

Since the shop I bought it from is so difficult to deal with, I ordered a
new one (different brand, Gigabyte this time) online like I always have
before.

For anyone still following this thread, I just had another thought as to
what may be the problem (although I have not tried it yet) - SDRAM timing.

I am using Strontium DIMMs (hynix chips) which typically have 'lower'
spec'd timings. Now the BIOS should pick up the correct timings by reading
the DIMM's SPD data so the chance the timings are 'wrong' is probably
pretty low, but I'll check. I may even wind the timing down _lower_ than
the SDRAM is spec'd at (can't hurt)

I'll be a bit peeved if that turns out to be it now that I've forked out
another $100 odd for a new MB :(

Regards,

Graeme