Hey all --

When I got home from dinner last night, I tried to wake my computer up (I
had left it asleep), to no avail. I hit the reset switch. Nothing. I held
in the ATX power switch on the front for four seconds. It didn't turn off.

I figure, okay, it got stuck in sleep mode. So I turned the hard power
switch on the back of the case off, then on again. Then I hit the power
switch on the front again to turn the computer back on.

Nothing. Sh*t.

So I'm guessing my motherboard is fried. Does this sound reasonable? (I
have another board laying around so I can check, but I'm out of town
right now.)

If my board is indeed fried and I can't RMA it, I'm planning on
replacing it with a Thunderbird (not a very fast one though, I'm saving
up for an iBook). Any recommendations for a good Athlon mobo? I'm
looking for a non-DDR board (don't want to buy new memory).

So far I'm considering an EPoX 8KTA or an ASUS A7V (or another of either
series, e.g. 8KTA2 or A7V133).

What's the difference between the VIA KT133 and the KT133A?

Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa
Kevin R. Bullock