well, barring psu or ram sticks. if nothing else, the motherboard b0rked then. it does happen (given how fragile that electronics really are, I am surprised it doesn't happen more often) Mark Jarvis wrote: > Good points. Either could have been the problem and I was hoping that one of > them was--much simpler/cheaper to fix. I didn't mention in the original post, > but I did pull the memory sticks one at a time (it had two 512MB sticks). > Barring a sudden failure of both, that wasn't the problem. I also wondered about > a PSU failure and checked voltages--they were good, even if the color coding on > the wires was weird. AAMOF it's running the new mobo just fine. > > Technomage wrote: > > I noticed one thing missing in that check: the ram. some of the newer > > machines won't post or even report > > an error code anymore (series of beeps or blinking lights). have you > > checked to see if the ram is still good? > > was the beep a short single or a long single? was there more than one? > > > > also, the simplest thing that can go wrong is usually a PSU failure (and > > depending on how it goes it *can* > > tank the motherboard or the cpu or any peripherals you have connected). > > > > > > Mark Jarvis wrote: > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss