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Ihave a P-II,233 mhz,4.3 gig,96meg,ATI expert vid card,SB sound card,56k win modem, winME O/S. Unit is just over 3 years old and had ran great. Put PS in about 2 years ago, otherwise no problems.While cruising the net last night  I clicked to go to a new page and the monitor blinked and the computer appeared to be doing a restart. Then the monitor blinked a couple of times,blank screen-no video, then heard a pop and smelled a burning component.Have been elect tech for 40 yr and know what a burning component smells like. Shut it down, pulled and inspected PS. Found 2 badly burnt resistors, and several shorted transistors  and/or voltage regulators. Purchased and installed new PS after inspecting mobo for signs of damage. All looked okay. Fired up but no post, no beeps.HD and pwr lights stay lit,no momentary blinks in floppy,cdrom,cdrw etc as usually seen during post.. Disconnected everything except mobo, cpu,ps,1 stick of memory,no chg,still no beeps.Am I overlooking something? Wifes computer has dual socket and manual says will run this cpu. Will try that in am. Any other suggestions what else I might try. Thanks. 
John Dinges
Oregon City,Or

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