Motherboard Repairs- Need to solder back on battery holder!
Hiya,
I've got what is almost certainly going to turn out to be a broken board here, but please help anyway
Anyway, for those who have seen my GH thread ( http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17596870 ) I have serious problems getting the board in question (Abit KX7-333R) to boot. These problems have taken a pretty major twist- After trying known good RAM still nothing, so I decided to try changing the CMOS battery, again for a known good. Trouble is, the whole batery socket came off the board when I pinged the battery out (Yes, I have changed CMOS batterys in the past
)
Now the board is actually booting, but I've got GRUB error 21 instead (Drive setup toasted in the BIOS). Any thoughts on a bodge-fix- I can't keep the battery socket on properly just by fitting it back in place, but if I push at the right angle I can get the standard checksum fail & defaults loaded as opposed to the CPU setup wrong message without the battery installed.
Soldering wise, I may be able to do something but I suspect my iron tip is going to be too big.
Also, does the behaviour in the previous thread point to a wider hardware problem?
-Leezer-
Hiya,
I've got what is almost certainly going to turn out to be a broken board here, but please help anyway
Anyway, for those who have seen my GH thread ( http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17596870 ) I have serious problems getting the board in question (Abit KX7-333R) to boot. These problems have taken a pretty major twist- After trying known good RAM still nothing, so I decided to try changing the CMOS battery, again for a known good. Trouble is, the whole batery socket came off the board when I pinged the battery out (Yes, I have changed CMOS batterys in the past
)Now the board is actually booting, but I've got GRUB error 21 instead (Drive setup toasted in the BIOS). Any thoughts on a bodge-fix- I can't keep the battery socket on properly just by fitting it back in place, but if I push at the right angle I can get the standard checksum fail & defaults loaded as opposed to the CPU setup wrong message without the battery installed.
Soldering wise, I may be able to do something but I suspect my iron tip is going to be too big.
Also, does the behaviour in the previous thread point to a wider hardware problem?
-Leezer-
Last edited:
