I had a friend that had a similar problem that no one could fix.
After many suggestions to switch his motherboard one technician figured out
that it was a fuse that was blown.  I can't remember which.  The moral of the
story is try to see if any one knows of such a fuse and have it tested.

Isaac Martinez

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