my pc died yesterday when waking up from sleep. after swapping power cords/sources and checking the internal, i tried to start it up and only get a momentary flicker and fan spin but the on-board led stays lit.
since the antec smart power 500 is pushing 3 yrs old, and i hardly ever turn the pc off, i figured it was the culprit. i replaced it today with an earthwatts 500 and still get the same momentary flicker. i dismantled everything and took the mobo out of the case. a close look over and a long sniff of the mobo don't reveal any obvious problems. i go down to just 1 stick of ram, swap video cards, and gave it another try. still, just a momentary flicker just like when you forget to connect the eps/cpu power.
the mobo is msi p35 neo2-fir about 14 mos old. cpu is e6600 OC'd to 3ghz with 333mhz fsb strap but all other bios settings were more/less stock. anything else i can try or is the mobo dead?
since the antec smart power 500 is pushing 3 yrs old, and i hardly ever turn the pc off, i figured it was the culprit. i replaced it today with an earthwatts 500 and still get the same momentary flicker. i dismantled everything and took the mobo out of the case. a close look over and a long sniff of the mobo don't reveal any obvious problems. i go down to just 1 stick of ram, swap video cards, and gave it another try. still, just a momentary flicker just like when you forget to connect the eps/cpu power.
the mobo is msi p35 neo2-fir about 14 mos old. cpu is e6600 OC'd to 3ghz with 333mhz fsb strap but all other bios settings were more/less stock. anything else i can try or is the mobo dead?