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If it's dry joint unless it's clear to see you won't find it it could also be a crack between the layers of the motherboard. If it's under warrenty rma it if it isn't buy a new one. Since it worked with the hair dryer trick it sounds like a dry joint of solder.
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I'm not really sure what you mean with dry joint but I understand that I should return my motherboard.
You don't think that it could be another part of my system that is the problem, I mean the hair dryer warmed up all the system...
Thanx!
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Actually TP is refering to possible cold solder joints.
Mechanical weakened solder connect are commonly refered to as cold. Normally higher resistance and or intermittent also and are subject to temperature changes (expansion/compression). To fix this it would require a touchup of the offending connection... in cases like this I'd be looking for a solder pot cause a 5 second dip would fix (unless the pcb is defective tho not nearly as common)."Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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Lot simplier to rma it then risk blowing your warranty.Comment
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I agree
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I think rma is the moste realistic option...
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Hmmm.....
I haven't had time to return my motherboard yet... and thanx? to that I've noted something even more strange about my cold boot problem...
If I press ctrl + alt + del just after I start my computer one or two times before windows starts to boot it doesn't crash. Seems lik a reboot resets the computer to a stable mode or something.
Any thoughts on your initial recommendation?AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+
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Nope sorry"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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Hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL during startup doesn't turn the power off, so there is still power going to the system and if it takes a few seconds to restart the boot process all the while your system is getting warmer... its now a warm boot.
So its not really fixing the problem...Last edited by cbman; 2 May 2002, 08:14.AMD Phenom 9650, 8GB, 4x1TB, 2x22 DVD-RW, 2x9600GT, 23.6' ASUS, Vista Ultimate
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I can't be exactly sure what the problem is, but this "solution" would cover a decent subset of possibilities:
See if your MB BIOS lets you control the hard drive spin-up time, and increase it. This will give your system a little longer to power-up before it tries to boot.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Hi!
Thanx for the tip I will try it as soon as I get home from school.
But about one ctrl+alt+del will turn it into a warm boot... my system usually hangs from a few seconds from windows starts up to a few minutes so why would a reboot before windows even starts to load make a difference?
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