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Dead MB?

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snootalope

IS-IT--Management
Jun 28, 2001
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Hello,
I'm (or was) using a CompuUSA pc with a Celeron 500 or something like that with the ATX MB. Anyway, one day out of the blue I try to turn it on and it (the power led) does nothing but blink at me and nothing happens to the PC. I don't get any video output or anything... No post beep.. nothing. I can hear the HDD and other devices power on too. So, I removed every last thing from the MB including the memory and battery and left if out over night. Put it back in the next morning, and bam!, nothing changed. So here I am with a pc that does nothing but blink.. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. (i'm kinda thinking the power supply??)
Thanks Anyone
 
Power supply is partially good or you wouldn't be getting the blink. How about fans?
Can be PS, M/B, or CPU. The other warm up symptoms are normal.
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Check the 110/220V switch on the back of the power supply.
 
Hey man

Change the power supply and the machine will run like new again :) there are 3 resister things in the atx power supplies that burn them self out after a fair bit of use, you can change the resister thngi's but its probally easier to buy a new power supply





Later
NEo81 >:):O>
 
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