>From: Julius Militante <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering the NOSPIN File Download CD, Abit's Gentus Linux, Linux Power CD and the RedHat Linux CD. All CDs are always provided at COST!!! http://nospin.com/promotions