Hello Eric,

Thursday, September 18, 2003, 23:00, you wrote:

EV> I am trying a new motherboard brand: an ECS K7S5A Pro Rev
EV> 5.0. It has the option of SDRAM PC133 or DDR. I have 128 MB SDRAM.
EV> I was attempting first with a 650 MHz Duron.

EV> All connections and jumpers have been checked and rechecked,
EV> but when I power up, no display is received whatsoever. No floppy
EV> drive seek or LED. No HD action (by ear or LED). Only the power
EV> LED lights up on front. Reset button does not respond to anything.

EV> I backed up, by pulling power and data connections to all
EV> drives and attempted to see if I can at least get some BIOS to the
EV> screen. Nope! Notta! Zilch!

EV> There are NO LEDs on this MB so I cannot get any clues there.
EV> I do not get any diagnostic beeps either.

EV> My guess at this point is the CPU is dead. I got it free from
EV> a colleague at work and therefore I have no idea of its true
EV> state. I have not seen it in action on any other system.

EV> I am reluctant to put my Athlon 1.2 GHz in there as a test.
EV> Would there be any harm in doing that? Of course, I gotta be
EV> careful with the sink/fan/grease in moving it. I just do not have
EV> a ready supply of CPUs to test with.

I had a similar situation with a K7S5A. I managed to block the CPU cooler fan and 2 secs later smell and smoke told me I had screwed up.

The Athlon 2100+ and the RAM survived(!) but the MB died just like yours.
--
Mogens

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