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| Thread ID: 83257 | 2007-09-25 11:21:00 | Old P4 won't boot | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 594838 | 2007-09-25 11:21:00 | Trying to salvage this old p4 computer having Asrock M266a motherboard. Nothing happens when I press the Power button, no lights, no fans, no noise, as if it is dead (or, maybe it IS dead). Checked the Power switch, it's OK. Opened up the PSU and found that the 'fuse-link' is blown, so put in a new PSU, connected all cables, pressed the Power switch, sadly, still nothing happens. Disconnected all cables - HDD, FDD, CD ROM , pressed the switch again, but it still fuses to make any noise. :badpc: What shall I do next? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 594839 | 2007-09-25 11:27:00 | Buy a new PSU. If the PSU blew its fuse, it did so for a reason and replacing that fuse obviously hasn't fixed the problem. The PSU is definitely dead, and it's possible that other parts are fried too depending on what happened. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 594840 | 2007-09-25 11:43:00 | Buy a new PSU. If the PSU blew its fuse, it did so for a reason and replacing that fuse obviously hasn't fixed the problem. The PSU is definitely dead, and it's possible that other parts are fried too depending on what happened. I did put in a new PSU as mentioned earlier |
bk T (215) | ||
| 594841 | 2007-09-25 11:55:00 | I did put in a new PSU as mentioned earlier Sorry about that, I need to learn to read posts before replying... I'm afraid that whatever blew the PSU fuse has fried the motherboard and could have taken anything out with it. You'll need to test the other parts of the computer in other computers, and if it's just the motherboard, you could look on Trade Me for a replacement. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 594842 | 2007-09-25 22:09:00 | Either the PSU blew up, and took out mobo with it, or mobo shorted and blew up the PSU. Either way the motherboard is most definitely blown and possibly other things as well. Have fun with that one! :D (Even if the CPU and stuff test OK in another mobo doesn't mean they're gonna be stable anymore) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 594843 | 2007-09-25 22:58:00 | Someone didnt switch it from 240 to 110v did they?? That'll definitely kill the mobo. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 594844 | 2007-09-25 23:58:00 | The power input setting seems to be correct. Do you reckon the CPU should be OK before I try to get a MB from Trademe? It's a Celeron 2.4 GHZ /128/488 CPU, it is worth salvaging? It's for my friend's 10 yr old son to play with. Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 594845 | 2007-09-26 00:01:00 | I have seen THREE CPUs die, out of over 100 fried motherboards. Very unlikely. If you have the ability to test other components (RAM, HDD...) and they seem to work OK, it would be worth getting a mobo off TM. You could get something suitable for pretty cheap. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 594846 | 2007-09-26 00:42:00 | I have seen THREE CPUs die, out of over 100 fried motherboards. Very unlikely. If you have the ability to test other components (RAM, HDD...) and they seem to work OK, it would be worth getting a mobo off TM. You could get something suitable for pretty cheap. The 2 x 256 MB of RAM sticks are OK and the 40 GB Western Digital HDD is also tested OK. The DVD drive is also in good condition. I'll try to get a MB from Trademe. What price is 'reasonable' ? <$50.00 ? BTW, this details printed on the CPU, Celeron 2.40 GHZ /128/488, 2.4 GHZ is quite straight forward, what is this 128 - level 2 cache? and 488 is FSB, right? Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 594847 | 2007-09-26 00:51:00 | Just as long as the mobo you get supports 478 pin, supports Celeron CPU's and supports DDR 200/266 it''ll work. If the ram you've got is 200 or 266, they may not work in a mobo if it only supports DDR 400/333. Unless you change some settings in the BIOS. Or it'll change it for you automatically. Or you buy compatible ram. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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