Hi,
Firstly I'd like to apologize if this was posted in the wrong forum (I'm new here
)
Recently I got an ASUS M5A78L-M LX board in a scrap lot. Saw one broken cap which I've replaced. No broken traces and missing components. While soldering a new cap a bit of solder got onto components bellow SB (opposite of the two lythic caps). Didn't see it and powered the board on.
I was greeted with it not starting. Came back to it a day later and shorted the PS_ON with GND to force it on. It sprung to life but with CPU stuck in reset (it was an FX 4600 I believe). Thats when I saw the solder. I removed it but still cpu was i RESET. Then I tried an athlon II X2 255 but same results. Checked whenether the PWR switch was going where it was supposed to and it is. I also checked which lines I shorted and it all looks to be RESET with unpopulated resistors.
Now I don't care so much about this board, but I would try to fix it to make it worth some more. Sadly I have no idea where is the fault, so I ask here if anybody has any thoughts.
Firstly I'd like to apologize if this was posted in the wrong forum (I'm new here
)Recently I got an ASUS M5A78L-M LX board in a scrap lot. Saw one broken cap which I've replaced. No broken traces and missing components. While soldering a new cap a bit of solder got onto components bellow SB (opposite of the two lythic caps). Didn't see it and powered the board on.
I was greeted with it not starting. Came back to it a day later and shorted the PS_ON with GND to force it on. It sprung to life but with CPU stuck in reset (it was an FX 4600 I believe). Thats when I saw the solder. I removed it but still cpu was i RESET. Then I tried an athlon II X2 255 but same results. Checked whenether the PWR switch was going where it was supposed to and it is. I also checked which lines I shorted and it all looks to be RESET with unpopulated resistors.
Now I don't care so much about this board, but I would try to fix it to make it worth some more. Sadly I have no idea where is the fault, so I ask here if anybody has any thoughts.