-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Mother Board

Thanks G.
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From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> 

> Steve, 
> As long as you had a monitor connected and received nothing on it, the 
> board is most likely shot. Relying solely on a power LED isn't always 
> enough to rule out other things. 
> 
> Peace, 
> GMan 
> 
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!" 
> 
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> 
> > Well G. It looks the the mother board is shot. 
> > I moved the m/b with the 866 CPU from th tower with the bad switches to 
> > the other tower. After checking and double checking and then triple 
> > checking all the connection I tried to fire it up. 
> > 
> > All 3 fans started running as soon as I hit the switch. The lights for 
> > the cd, floppy and h/d all came on , I guess checking for something there, 
> > then went out after a second or 2, maybe a little more. 
> > However no power led came on. I checked it again to make sure it was 
> > plugged on to the right pins and tried again. Same results, fans and 
> > leds. 
> > 
> > It was worth a try. Don't think I missed anything. 
> > 
> > I'll most likely put the old M/B iback in and put it back together. Post 
> > on my local freecycle. It's old and slow, something like me, but maybe 
> > someone can still use it. 
> > 
> > Steve 
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