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Unique Slot 1 motherboard: Creative Blaster Board M003

Bits und Bolts 11 min Published Oct 2023

About this video

This Slot 1 board from EMPAC and Creative, with SoundBlaster Live audio built in, will not POST. Severed traces are suspected after it came out of a scrapyard.

Good to know: Trace repair means soldering: burns and fumes, and old solder contains lead. Sponsored by PCBWay.

Why watch it

The severed traces are only a suspicion at the start, so the fault hunt itself is the substance, which helps when a Slot 1 board of your own will not POST.

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