Re: PC won't POST (no beeps)

BitsAndBob wrote:

"If no beeps are heard and no display is on the screen, The first
thing to check is the power supply. Connect a LED to the POWER LED
connection on the motherboard. If this LED lights and the drive(s)
spin up then the power supply will usually be good."

Not really true. It's common for a PSU to partially fail so that you'll get lights/fans/disks but nothing more, so it's well worth trying another PSU if you have access to one.

Otherwise I'd go with a faulty motherboard, as these i865 boards seem prone to premature and unexplained death. Prescott heat, maybe. CPUs themselves hardly ever die unless overvolted.

If you just want the data, use an external caddy.


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John Jordan
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