Motherboard died?

[Stephen]

To add to this a spare motherboard or power-supply would be useful.
you can either test to make sure the PSU is good or you can test and
see if the motherboard is good. but this is the point where i try to
make sure one or the other is a "known good" variable

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> It could still be your power supply.  Just because it turns on doesn't mean
> that it's supplying the correct, or even all the different voltages it needs
> to.
>
> If you can put a spare power supply on it, or hook your current power supply
> to a proper tester, that would at least eliminate that from the possible
> problems.
>
> The fact that the motherboard doesn't tell the power supply to turn on, but
> the power supply can be turned on does kinda point to the motherboard.
>
> You should, but not always, be getting at least some beeps if the
> motherboard is good but RAM and/or CPU are a problem... Is your PC speaker
> hooked up so that you can hear them?
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 09/02/2010 06:10 PM, John wrote:
>>
>> I came home and my Mythbuntu computer was off. I hit the power button
>> and nothing happened: no sounds, no lights, zip. I figured my power
>> supply unit (PSU) took a dive. I unplugged the main connector from the
>> motherboard (MB) and did the paper clip test where you put a paper clip
>> in the green and black sockets and when I did this the PSU fan spun. It
>> also turned on the pc fan but the CPU fan wasn't spinning (it's
>> connected to the MB). I figured it was the CPU fan that took a dive. I
>> then unplugged the PC fan and plugged the CPU fan into this socket and
>> did the paper clip again and the CPU fan started spinning. This now
>> leads me to believe the MB has taken a dive. The MB has a lifetime
>> warranty so I may send it in but if it isn't the MB then I get charged.
>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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