>From: Julius Militante <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Motherboard shot?
>Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:41:26 -0500
>
>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?
>
Well, when something stops working, the first suspect is the last thing you
changed.  You say you bought and installed a new power supply but you didn't
say why you did this.  Did the old one stop working?  If so, it's possible
the motherboard was damaged when the old power supply failed.  If the old
one was still working, try putting it back and see if the computer works
again.  If the old one does not work, maybe you could find a schematic of
what the different wires on the motherboard connector do in your motherboard
manual.  You could disconnect the motherboard connecter and test the
different wires with a voltmeter for correct voltages to see if the power
supply is working.
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