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A7V880: Blinking power light
When I turn on my computer the power light is blinking, like, one time
each second. It keeps on blinking until I reboot or turn the computer off. It doesn't blink every time i boot, but at random. Is this an indication of some sort of mainboard failure? I'm using BIOS 1004 ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Bach|DK| wrote:
When I turn on my computer the power light is blinking, like, one time each second. It keeps on blinking until I reboot or turn the computer off. It doesn't blink every time i boot, but at random. Is this an indication of some sort of mainboard failure? I'm using BIOS 1004 this board is very funny, i almost throw it out of window however i believe that suspend mode has failed and board remember that and keep blinking even after one reboot (blink means suspend mode) i sold my top end a7v8x to my friend who wants stable board and i must say that a7v880 is el cheapo board if i compare it to a7v8x(best model). one sad thing is ami bios and i'am wondering why all current boards from asus comes with amibios, well probably it's just price. |
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"Bach|DK|" wrote in message
... When I turn on my computer the power light is blinking, like, one time each second. It keeps on blinking until I reboot or turn the computer off. It doesn't blink every time i boot, but at random. Is this an indication of some sort of mainboard failure? I'm using BIOS 1004 ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. Many motherboards do this when they're in powersaving mode. Try unplugging the powersupply and while in that state attempt to start the PC (press its power button) - then plug it back in and have another go. This should reset it from a boot from standby mode to the boot from full shutdown mode. As for why its doing it intermittantly, have you always been doing complete shutdowns or do you sometimes use standby? Paul |
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Paul Murphywrote:
"Bach|DK|" wrote in message ... When I turn on my computer the power light is blinking, like, one time each second. It keeps on blinking until I reboot or turn the computer off. It doesn't blink every time i boot, but at random. Is this an indication of some sort of mainboard failure? I'm using BIOS 1004 ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. Many motherboards do this when they're in powersaving mode. Try unplugging the powersupply and while in that state attempt to start the PC (press its power button) - then plug it back in and have another go. This should reset it from a boot from standby mode to the boot from full shutdown mode. As for why its doing it intermittantly, have you always been doing complete shutdowns or do you sometimes use standby? Paul[/quote:b0aa1b4fd2] 1. Yes, I have used the stand by feature a couple of times. 2. I will try unplugging the powercord and then press the start button and give you the result. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Well, the blinking stopped after doing the "unplug cord" thing - but
the question is: how long will it last. We'll see how it goes. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Enderwrote:
On 15 Aug 2004 05:11:33 -0400, lid (Bach|DK|) wrote: When I turn on my computer the power light is blinking, like, one time each second. It keeps on blinking until I reboot or turn the computer off. It doesn't blink every time i boot, but at random. Is this an indication of some sort of mainboard failure? I'm using BIOS 1004 ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. Are you sure it is set in the bios or OS to shut down? It sounds like it is in hibernation or standby mode. Ender "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke[/quote:e14b9238db] Uhm... huh :shock: The problem is not to turn the thing off. It's when the computer is on the light is blinking. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Thought I'd let you know: The "blinking" is back
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"Bach|DK|" wrote in message
... Thought I'd let you know: The "blinking" is back ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. Is that actually causing a problem - i.e. does the machine actually work fully/reliably. Has it always done this or is it something that's just recently started occurring - if so, what did you do with the machine prior to the blinking starting. My thoughts are that if its not posing any problems, it may not be worth the effort required to make it go away so what's wrong with letting it blink away? Are you prepared if need be to do lots of part swapping and OS reinstalling? Paul |
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Paul Murphywrote:
"Bach|DK|" wrote in message ... Thought I'd let you know: The "blinking" is back ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. Is that actually causing a problem - i.e. does the machine actually work fully/reliably. Has it always done this or is it something that's just recently started occurring - if so, what did you do with the machine prior to the blinking starting. My thoughts are that if its not posing any problems, it may not be worth the effort required to make it go away so what's wrong with letting it blink away? Are you prepared if need be to do lots of part swapping and OS reinstalling? Paul[/quote:eda94a71a5] The reason for this post was to find out if I was the only one with this "problem". I thought it might be a start to something going wrong with the MB. I've found out I wasn't the only one with this particular issue, so now I'm glad. It doesn't seem to effect the stability of the system og cause hardware failure. And it's not OS related, because the blinking starts before OS is loaded. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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