Follow Up

I really did  not want to do this, but I decided I had to.  Since my wife's
computer (the one that does not start) and mine are almost the same, I took
the cpu out of hers and put it into mine and it ran.  So, now a half-hour
later (full of sweating and cussing trying to deal with the heat sinks!), I
know that my problem is not the cpu, since it ran fine in my machine.  It is
most likely the motherboard.

Any other advice is still welcome, if you think that I have overlooked
something, and it is not the motherboard.

Dean


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Advice Solicited - Computer Does not start


>I have a computer with an MSI 875-Neo motherboard and a Pentium 2.8
> processor.
>
> It does not start.  I checked the switch by shorting the leads and it did
> not start, so I do not think that it is the switch.
>
> I checked the power supply by disconnecting it from the motherboard and
> shorting the green and black wires, and everything seemed to run ok;  I am
> not sure exactly what should run and what should not, but the power supply
> and system fans came on, and I think that the hard drives spun up.  Of
> course, it could be short on power, but it is an expensive PC Power and
> Cooling 400 ATX power supply, so I doubt that the power supply is the
> problem, even though it is fairly old.
>
> That pretty much leaves the motherboard and cpu as the possible culprits.
>
> Normally when I have this kind of problem I just replace the mb/cpu/memory
> all at one time - saves a lot in the long run.  But this mb, cpu, and
> memory
> (Crucial PC 3200, 2 by 512MB)  is quite expensive and modern (only a year
> old), so I would prefer to just replace the mb, keeping the memory which
> is
> likely good and hoping that the cpu is still good.
>
> I solicit the opinions of those experienced in these matters.  TIA for any
> advice.
>
>
> As a matter of record, I have two WD 36Gig SATA Raptors and a Crucial
> Video
> Card with a Radeon 9700, as well as floppy drives, cd reader, memory stick
> reader, etc.
>
> TIA
>
> Dean Kukral

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