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Megageth
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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Sweet potatos!
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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Motherboard was a real Lemon....Glad it all worked out
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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could it have been dry thermal paste on the chipset?
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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more likely the capacitors - they be the 1st things to go on any electronic circuit
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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Hard to say why the mobo was shutting down... If you can boot the old mobo and get into bios you should be able to watch the temperature of the chipset.
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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if you talking about system temp, then it was about 37C. but will look. i didnt see any caps that looked bad.
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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glad you got sorted fly.

just outa interest.
What mb did you buy?
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Re: no boots for Christmass

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almost the exact same one - xfx 8200 - my old one was the xfx 8300 (they look identical)
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