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  From: Martin de Koning <mdk@camtech.net.au>
  To  : Tim Fairchild <amosf@mrbean.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:40:37 +1030

Re: Fw: dead motherboard?

Maybe also check to see if the mboard is shorting to the case? It does
happen.

mdk

Tim Fairchild wrote:

> 
> On Tuesday 26 December 2000 10:46, James Mclean wrote:
> 
> >  ok here is the thing, press the switch, and the cpu fan moves, but then
> > stops. have i killed my motherboard?? the ram that was in it is fine and
> > works, as do all other things. video, lan sound etc.
> >  all things point to dead motherboard.... doh!!
> 
> The first thing I'd think was power supply. Once that's eliminated you don't
> have many choices. All you can do is pull everything off in case a bad drive
> or something is causing the power supply to switch off.
> 
> Start with a bare mb and cpu with just video. No drives. Maybe even unplug
> the cpu fan (briefly) to see if that works. If it won't boot from a good ps
> with a bare system, then it has to be mb or cpu (have you swapped that?)
> 
> Worse things can happen than a stuffed mb - like a drive :-)  It's just a
> matter of the money to replace the sucker.
> 
> I'll post my weird crash shortly for some advice!!!
> 
> tim
> 
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