Re: FCPGA-2 system stopped booting


"Larry Roberts" <skin-e@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have an old Celeron 1.1Ghz system that my nieces, and nephew
use for homework, websurfing, email, and such. It's perfect for what
they do. However, it stopped booting up. Just a blank screen. The PSU
was as old as the system, so I figured it had died, and bought a 400W
PSU with a +12V of 24amps. Should be enough to push the system, and
the GeForce 4 Ti4400 card.
I install the new PSU, and turn on the system. Only the
mainboard's LED, and the case's power LED comes on. Neither the CPU,
videocard, or the PSU fans spin up. No drive activity from the HDD,
FDD, or the CDRW. I then install a 500W PSU from my legacy game box,
and it still does the same thing. I tried unplugging all drives from
the mainboard, and PSU, and uninstalling all cards from the mainboard.
It powered the fans on, but when I tried installing only the videocard
to see if it would bootup the BIOS, it's back to not even powering the
fans. Both the PSUs are both working, and powerful enough for my
Athlon XP with a 6600GT AGP (power hungry card), so it should not be a
problem for this old Celeron system. Anyone have any idea what could
be the problem?

Shit. It sounds like something is shorted out when you install the video
card. You might want to remove the mainboard from the case to see if
something is trapped under it. The PSU fan not running is NOT a good sign.
Something is pulling voltage down far enough that even the fans won't spin.
That's pretty radical voltage drop, I'm surprised your PSUs survived
t. -Dave


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