Re: Dead PC - advice please !

Have you taken a DMM and checked the operating voltages coming from the
power supply to the motherboard and drives?
"Adrian" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4h2md5F1pkro5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HI GB

g. beat <@ wrote:
"Adrian" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4h2kmvF1lu8plU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HI All
[snip]
Had a look inside (my PC-assembling expertise ended at the '486
stage!) - found that one of the PSU fans was jammed stationary - so
located a new PSU, ordered & fitted it, and same 'dead' symptoms still
apply.....

So - suggestions as to a 'next step', please ?....

Many thanks in advance

Adrian
Suffolk UK

So do you have green Chinese capacitors on this motherboard? See swollen
or burst capacitors?
http://www.badcaps.net/

gb
Thanks for the suggestion - but all the caps on this board are black
rather than green, no signs of anything out of the ordinary there....

Thanks all the same
Adrian



.

Relevant Pages

  • Requirements
    ... motherboard and processor should be capable of upgrades. ... probably want 10,000 rpm drives. ... >> How do I choose a motherboard and processor (and memory)? ... > most connections only fit in one kind of socket, ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
  • Re: Requirements
    ... >motherboard and processor should be capable of upgrades. ... >probably want 10,000 rpm drives. ... >>> How do I choose a motherboard and processor (and memory)? ... >> most connections only fit in one kind of socket, ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
  • Re: Ruined m-board with bios update
    ... Plugged all the hard drives ... reactivating on a new motherboard. ... Turned power on & inserted recovery CD. ... recovery bios! ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: Possible Onbaord RAID Controller Failure
    ... added to motherboards, are "soft" RAID devices. ... With the RAID drives, I'd probably ... So please post what kind of motherboard this is, ... controller is a PDC 20378 controller. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Heat, CPU fan speed question
    ... Have you considered bad electrolytic caps on your motherboard? ... It is, even with a different power supply, and I'm going to try a new ... Then, just for the hell of it, I put the cage (with drives) back, ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)