PC Analysis Card - Diagnostic Motherboard POST Tester

by Elston Systems

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 2 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000RXTKVA
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #60 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Cleaning & Repair
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2007

Product Description

This diagnostic motherboard card (PC analyzer/POST card) is a power on self test device that will provide you with an error code. Once you get this error code, you will use the table in the user manual to determine the problem with your motherboard. The user manual is written in English only, get yours today and save!

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well enough made. Must Download Manual to use., May 20, 2010

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S. Taylor (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PC Analysis Card - Diagnostic Motherboard POST Tester (Personal Computers)

I work with a small computer shop and bought this for them to use to troubleshoot motherboard RAM and CPU issues. We played around with it on a few computers we suspected such issues with and the device did not make any impact on our ability to isolate the problem. The codes it provided did not identify the problem directly. They just reported the status of the motherboard's various low level actions. From this it may be possible to derive useful clues. But we did not find it practical.

It's well enough made and does what it's supposed to. But how useful that will be to the technician is going to be up to your specific needs. Despite it being useless in my work, I give it 4 stars because it works as described, but it was a bit frustrating to have to find the manual online and download it to be able to decipher the device codes. If the company doesn't want to ship a manual, they could at least include a link to where it can be found online.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helped solve problem!, October 10, 2011

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Roger - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PC Analysis Card - Diagnostic Motherboard POST Tester (Personal Computers)

My 1 year old ASUS motherboard died. Initially, it appeared to be bad memory. When the new memory arrived, the motherboard still would not POST. I RMA'd the motherboard. It came back, and still would not POST. So, I ordered the Elston Systems PC Post Card Tester. I placed it into the PCI slot, and it reported 0000. According to the POST codes, the motherboard was ready to boot from the hard drive. Problem was, I did not have any memory plugged into the motherboard, so this motherboard was still bad. So, I sent this information to ASUS. They immediately sent me another motherboard, since I had definitive proof that the motherboard that they returned to me was still bad. This time, I plugged the Elston card in. When I turned everything on, I saw the POST codes display on the Elston card. So, I knew that this motherboard would work properly.

If you are going to build systems, this card is invaluable. It will save you much time in troubleshooting problems when the system won't POST.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POST card, September 11, 2011

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Glenn I. "Glenn" (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PC Analysis Card - Diagnostic Motherboard POST Tester (Personal Computers)

This Power On Self Test card worked great. It helped me troubleshoot the RAM that I had in my MOBO. It definitely lets you know what is wrong with your computer. If you can't find the code in the downloaded manual, support from the vendor is excellent, I emailed them and and they responded back quickly.