Anybody have a POST diagnostic card...

[usil]

...and can explain to me how to use it? My Chinese is terrible!

[jdc2000]

Most POST cards display a series of 2 digit codes while the PC is booting. You need a chart for the BIOS on the motherboard to know what the codes mean. When the boot fails, the last code indicates the problem area.

[usil]

Thanks Jdc2000, that's good info. I didn't know that it was the last code that mattered.
The main problem is that the code chart doesn't seem like errors. Either that, or I don't know how to translate the chart codes into something that I understand.

[jdc2000]

Post the codes you are getting and the meanings from the chart.

[usil]

I will do next time I use it.

[usil]

OK, so here's one...
Computer won't post, nothing on screen, no beeps. The card shows four digits. 2724.

The mobo has 2 bulging capacitors which might be the problem. But I want to use this as a learning experience to understand how to use the POST card.

The booklet says the following under the numbers 27 and 24 for an AMI BIOS:
27 - Initialize before setting Video
24 - Interrupt vector initialization

FWIW, the video is onboard. So, any idea what this means?

[K G G]

What's the make and model of the MOBO and what version of BIOS is running?
Any flashes lately?

[usil]

The problem was the motherboard, but I was more looking to learn how to use the POST card as opposed to finding the problem with the computer.

Thanks anyway.