Post #2049606

it's the creative ct6950 variant the graphic card works only in the bios and in dos: - when trying to boot windows, i only have a blinking cursor - vmtce crashes the computer - checkit vram test shows multiple errors (but the graphic mode test patterns are fine) also: - the video bios display a text screen at boot - there is no graphic corruption after replacing the 70W PSU of the computer by a 300W one from another computer i have this behavior: - windows still don't boot - vmtce crashes with an error message related to memory and returns to dos prompt - checkit vram test still shows errors but less after using the 300W PSU only for the motherboard and using the 70W one for the hard drive i have this behavior: - windows try to boot but fails saying some file is missing (it's not true) - vmtce works and can test vram (no error) - checkit vram test is now good i measured the voltage on one of the 2 regulators on the board (RC1587M), it receives a 3V input and outputs 1.5V :thaenkin: ; there is another regulator that i did not test (AMS1505) after that i desoldered the electrolytic capacitors: the 2 big 330uF are good (measured 360~) but the others (6x10uF and 3x22uF) are all bad :blobcatsip: