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| Thread ID: 45850 | 2004-06-05 00:29:00 | Motherboard wont turn on. | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 241868 | 2004-06-05 13:49:00 | Hey, thanks for your replies... I have already checked it outside the case. I have checked it with numerous power supplies. I have checked it with different switches. Tomorrow I'll take out the RAM, though I doubt it will help. I will check the CPU, but it shouldn't matter, because at this stage, not one single fan gets power. It's as if something ain't clicking and switching everything on. If it does however do that, then I'll check the BIOS. Cheers |
Growly (6) | ||
| 241869 | 2004-06-05 22:57:00 | its at this point i would say that the motherboard is dead........... | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 241870 | 2004-06-06 01:44:00 | At this point perhaps it is time to ask: Did you take antistatic precautions while disassembling and reassembling? Cool weather means low humidity, and that means high static levels. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 241871 | 2004-06-06 01:50:00 | Cripes, you have really put me off from even thinking about something I was considering doing. :O What on earth could you have done to kill the motherboard like that? I'm not being smart, just want some education.... |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 241872 | 2004-06-06 03:12:00 | Play with something enough you will eventally break it. | metla (154) | ||
| 241873 | 2004-06-06 03:40:00 | > Play with something enough you will eventally break it. Hmmm.... I had better not comment on that one. :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 241874 | 2004-06-06 05:09:00 | > What on earth could you have done to kill the > motherboard like that? I'm not being smart, just want > some education . . . . If there was a misplaced spacer in the new case that caused an unintentional short circuit, then it could cause instant motherboard destruction . If it only grounded a power rail, the motherboard *might* survive as the power supply may shut down . If it grounded a logic or data rail, you may not be so lucky . You could destroy an output buffer on a chip in a nanosecond . These chips are mostly surface mount technology and not economically replaced, even if you could locate which it was . It should be pretty obvious by looking at the new case and the stand-offs (particularly any metal ones) if this could have occurred though . What I mean here is, could any stand-offs have caused a short to any PC tracks or to the case itself . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 241875 | 2004-06-06 05:12:00 | I have had this problem before, and all I do is remove the ram and cpu and re-install them, I think it's more the cpu than the ram. try that anyway. |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 241876 | 2004-06-07 06:52:00 | Thanks guys.... (esp. the ones who helped) And thanks for your always pleasant point of view metla... Yes, i used antistatic precautions. Granted, they were not in the form of a wrist strap, but i was grounded (metal case attached to ground via power line). The spacers are perfectly aligned - no problems there. There is another likely possibilty - a scratch could have cut the rails and ceased current, which is actually a very good explanantion considering everything works, and there is current across the switch. Hoep what godfather said answered your question Susan, i couldnt have said it better myself... *Sigh* |
Growly (6) | ||
| 241877 | 2004-06-07 07:04:00 | >>And thanks for your always pleasant point of view metla... can't for the life of me imagine why you would find my post unpleasent.Motherboards are delicate pieces of gear,each time you handle one you run the risk of ruining it. And use a wrist strap and place your gear on an anti-static mat while working on it. Expensive little mistake you made. Still,i've killed some gear in my time,the worst being when i slipped with a screwdriver while removing a heatsink and stabbed the motherboard. |
metla (154) | ||
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