[oclug] I think i blew my mother board

[Shad Young]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:15:44 -0400 (EDT)
Allan McIntosh <amcintosh at atreus-systems.com> wrote:

> 
> I decided to close the case on my PC so I could store it out of the
> way. So I did a `halt`, powered off and put the hard drives in
> properly as apposed to simply resting them in the bays.. When I went
> to start the PC nothing.  It's an ASUS A7A266 with an Enermax power
> supply. The green led light on the mother board comes on when I toggle
> from 0 -> 1 on the power supply but when I push the soft on button on
> the front of the case nothing happens.  The power button lead is
> properly attached to the mother board.
> 
> I've ensured all the IDE cables and wires are fastened properly. I
> reset the ram, cpu and most of the expansion cards.
> 
> I am tempted to plug the Power supply into another computer to test it
> but am hesitant incase it's the culpret.
> 
> Any suggestions.

Well the only thing left is to clear the CMOS.

> 
> 
> Is any one using an "ECS K7S5A PRO SIS735 USB2.0"?
> 

Yes, for the price they have been rock solid and fast.

Shad
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