John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 01:22:58PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > >> how do you know this is the problem, and the motherboard hasn't croaked >> in some OTHER 10+ year old crusty mobo fashion ? >> > > I've never seen a motherboard from that era that could bypass > failed video memory POST results - YMMV. > what I meant was, without working video, how does he know what the error is?