Is this MOBO DEAD??

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My friend's wife's note reads:"a POP, then burning smell", "Tim replaced power supply, sounds like it's running but no picture on screen".

Yeah, I know, the "magic smoke" got let out and can't be put back in again. I think it's dead. but their "guru" son in law in another state thinks there is just "a wire loose somewhere". So I said I'd check. uhhhh...

Just in case, though, I have: taken it out of the case, tried "known good" p/s, vid card, dimms and processor, as well as triple checking all jumpers. This is one of those "Pentium through AMD K62-400" boards with 15 or 20 jumpers to set. I have checked them all when I swapped out the processors. (ECS P5SS-ME)

At it's most promising time, the system wouldn't post but processor (known good K-300) fan did run, when I put back in the original processor, the p/s fan and the processor (K62-400) fan start but shut down again in 10-20 secs.

I'm not getting past post. NO BEEPS. If I "enable keyboard power-on", I get a green light for a sec on the keyboard, but that's as close to a sign of life as I've gotten so far.

I'm ready to call it's time of death now...unless there is something I've overlooked.

Thanks,
Yeah.

 

[Ziptar]

Sounds dead to me.... Is it in an ATX Case Already?? You could Just get them a Cheap Duron 850 or 950 and a board to go with it... Something with a KT133 or A Chipset ought to do it. you can get an ECS K7VZM Here for $42.50 plus the shipping. I will handle a duron just fine. Abunch of people in the thread bought them and they seem pretty happy. They get their PC fixed cheap and an upgrade to boot.

 

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Thanks, Ziptar. I just happen to have an 850 Athlon sitting here. I'll check it out. Thanks again.

So, I guess this means I didn't overlook something like the "artichoke dongle whatsit ratio detector".

Dang.

Have a good one!