You say you replaced the Power Supply? Did you connect the power cables to
the Main Board correctly. If I remember right, the 503+ is an AT board. The
Power cables for this board need to have the wires connected, so as the
black are matched up in the center of the connector. If they are not, you
would either have no power, or ?????? But either way, your problem would
suggest a power supply failure.

Steve Wolfe........

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julius Militante" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Motherboard shot?


> Hello to everyone!  I haven't participated in the discussions too much.  I
> am fairly new to hardware and computer building/repair.  I am putting
> together a inexpensive computer for practice and experience, and also to
> help prepare for the A+ exam.
>
> The motherboard is a FIC 503+ with K6-2 400 MHz, 64 MB PC100.  Everything
> booted and worked well enough, and I was at the point of learning to
> install NT4, reformatting and all that good stuff.  That is beside the
> point, though.  The real problem:  I bought a new power supply (250W) from
> CompUSA and now the computer won't even POST.  No beeps, no nothing.  I
> guess I wiped out the BIOS in installing the new power supply.  If this is
> so, what can I really do, aside from chucking the motherboard?
>
> I am more interested in learning than actually having a working computer.
> (I can easily buy a computer or go to a repair shop)  Insights, logical
> approaches and perspectives would be really welcome.  Thanks!
>
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