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Dead Motherboard??? What do you guys think????

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divemaster127:
2nd on the power supply check it before you buy anything
dm

leapinlew:
Another vote for checking the PSU

Mamezilla:
I've got a friend's computer that I'm trying to repair and it does exactly the same thing.  All the fans and the hard drive spins, but nothing gets on the screen.  No POST beeps at all.

If something was wrong with the PSU, could the fans and hard drive spin anyway ?  I know there is voltage coming out of it, I've checked one of it's HD connectors with a voltmeter and there is 5 and 12 volts on it.

divemaster127:
sure you can still have fans etc, your power supply is no longer putting the correct voltage, i would check it away
dm

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Mamezilla on June 01, 2006, 10:19:52 pm ---I've got a friend's computer that I'm trying to repair and it does exactly the same thing.  All the fans and the hard drive spins, but nothing gets on the screen.  No POST beeps at all.

If something was wrong with the PSU, could the fans and hard drive spin anyway ?  I know there is voltage coming out of it, I've checked one of it's HD connectors with a voltmeter and there is 5 and 12 volts on it.

--- End quote ---

I've had cards cause shorts which exhibited this same issue. One thing to always do is bring the system down to a basic level by removing everything except the essentials. Pull the power to everything but the mobo, remove all cards except video, pull all but 1 stick of memory, pull the mouse/keyboard connections and see if it'll post.

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