Re: Asus K8N with no post

Board is still not working with a new PCI video card. Standby power LED is ON, CPU fan runs, but no POST beep and no video.

One item - In standby mode before pressing the power button, the blue heatsink with the ASUS name gets very warm .... is this the Northbridge IC ??

Re: Asus K8N with no post

Didn't see any bulged or broken caps on MoBo. Took one glance at the vid card and there it was ... a cap that blew its top ! I have another vid board and will try it.
more later.............

Re: Asus K8N with no post

This is interesting. belippy, what type of heat gun and how hot? Any hints? Looks like a trip to my favorite harbor freight for another use-it-once tool... ;-)

My K8N computer "died" a couple of days ago, too ! ! It's been troublefree for nearly 6 years. Right in the middle of a video it shut down like someone pulled the plug. The green power led is on, the cpu fan spins and the hard drive spins up , but no video.

There is a squealing sound coming from the space between the cpu and the rear I/O. Some coils are in...