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Thread ID: 23635 2002-08-21 00:46:00 Dead CPU or MB? btong (1066) Press F1
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72847 2002-08-22 00:27:00 if the cpu was fried i doubt anything would be working. it still could be PSU (low voltage on one of the rails). it could be just a dead drive. try it without the ide cable plugged in.

basic fault finding required. strip it down to the basics and see if it will produse anything on screen. then add componant back in one at a time untill it faults.

note- make sure the monitor does work (been caught out by a faulty monitor cable before)
tweak'e (174)
72848 2002-08-22 00:42:00 hey btong

i had the same prob wen i put my pc together, the pc would boot up, but no hardware would go. in my case it was the Mobo, there was a fried chip on board, the mobo wasn't letting any power fo to any hardware. if you have a volt-0-metre, stick the two needles into the power leads that click into the hdd, and the power outage should hover just over 12v. and if the in which you have to insert these needles though.
hope this helped.
Jams (1051)
72849 2002-08-22 00:45:00 > hey btong
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> and if the
> in which you have to insert these needles though .
> hope this helped .

screwed that up . heres wot it should say .

and if the voltage hovers around 11 . 8v . u should be a bit worried . theres a special sequence u should insert the volt-o-metre needles so just a bit of caution is needed .
Jams (1051)
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