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Old 01-26-2007, 12:48 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Done_Fishin View Post
Sorry for my late entry into the debate , I am a dog eared electronics tech but regret there's not enough focus on your pics for me to really note what happened. It could well be explained by the above explanations. The question is , to me, where does the tracking go that has vapourised? I cannot see anything else apart from a screw hole that could be anywhere on the board.
Is it close to your AGP/VGA slot?
Have you cecked your chassis for any signs of burning or flash over in the vicinity of the "burn up"?
Normally the sort of damage that I see here ( if it's what I think it is ) is caused by either a short to chassis or an overload by something that the track leads to. That sort of track is normally signalling not power . If somewhere near your AGP/VGA card , have it (the card) checked by a pro or maybe RMA it because you could well end up with a 2nd burnt board if the cause is the high power Card you were using. Some cards require external power connevtion, make sure that if your card is one of these that you supply that power, otherwise it will try to take it through tracking not designed to handle the load.
Very cool ! ... your another group member that I enjoy reading posts from ... thanks for the input ...

ummm... can get back to you about location of spot soon . That board was RMA , and waiting on FedX now . Can double check (remind self) as to exact location on new board . The final "crash-n-burn" happened about 6-8 hrs after the addition of a pci-e Nvi 7300 , but was having sporatic issues prior to video card update . Will not use that card when I rebuild box . Will use known working pci 6200 . Only upgrading video card after all other problems are ironed out , and am confident the new power supply has provided the additional stability that was missing from the "lower end" P/S .


EDIT .... board got in ... friggin install cd looks like someone stomped on it :( , cracked into pieces ... this is bad karma .

As to where the initial yellow spot was ., near screw hole in corner where green led is located , usb78 connection , and pri_ide connection .

not sure where it goes ???
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