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System Board Post Error
I am receiving a post error - 127 System Board Error when booting an IBM Aptiva (OLD!!!). The processor speed is coming up as 0 Mhz in the BIOS. The processor is a Pentium MMX - Model #2161C8E, Serial #23AD138, BIOS version BVAUS4A, BIOS date 1/19/97. Any suggestions?
Ick, not good...check the IBM site for post codes...they are there. Should provide you with the direction to go.
The error you mention is listed as this,
127 Aptiva processor speed error
From previous experiance I would say that your cpu is over heating, when started from cold does it work ok?
Try a new heatsink/fan
Maybe it is nearing time to upgrade the board and cpu!
127 Aptiva processor speed error
From previous experiance I would say that your cpu is over heating, when started from cold does it work ok?
Try a new heatsink/fan
Maybe it is nearing time to upgrade the board and cpu!
did you change any jumper on the motherboard, that may have changed the settings for the cpu?
if it has been overheating for awhile, it could've fried the cpu - you might could find a replacement cpu at http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/
being the fact that it is old, it probably just needs new thermal compound between it & the heatsink/fan
or as steveg mentioned a new heatsink/fan, but better would be an upgraded mobo/cpu
if it has been overheating for awhile, it could've fried the cpu - you might could find a replacement cpu at http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/
being the fact that it is old, it probably just needs new thermal compound between it & the heatsink/fan
or as steveg mentioned a new heatsink/fan, but better would be an upgraded mobo/cpu
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Thanks for the feedback. The pc is rarely used and is definitely not overheating.
well ok
you say it isn't overheating, but it can overheat very quickly (ie <1 min) when there isn't a good conductor compound between the cpu & the heatsink/fan - the thermal paste deterioates over time so did you try adding more?
if the cpu is bad, it will need to be replaced - chck them out at pricewatch
did you change any motherboard jumper settings for the cpu or ram?
you say it isn't overheating, but it can overheat very quickly (ie <1 min) when there isn't a good conductor compound between the cpu & the heatsink/fan - the thermal paste deterioates over time so did you try adding more?
if the cpu is bad, it will need to be replaced - chck them out at pricewatch
did you change any motherboard jumper settings for the cpu or ram?
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Did not receive a helpful reply in time and we also decided that this pc was too old and needed to be upgraded. How do I close this out?
Good luck upgrading then.
:-)
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Could the moderator please either delete or close this question? Thank you.
ASKER
After looking over the given answers - David523 gave helpful info to what would have been the route to take had we decided to fix the old clunker.
Thank You!!! :-)