Is Motherboard dead?

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I have this computer that has been in my closet for about two years. Today
I put parts in it and it did not come on. I changed the power supply and
the same happen. It has a PIII CPU. What is the most likely problem?

Thank you;
David
 
titus12 said:
I have this computer that has been in my closet for about two years. Today
I put parts in it and it did not come on. I changed the power supply and
the same happen. It has a PIII CPU. What is the most likely problem?

Thank you;
David
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You need to be a little more specific - the term "it did
not come on" does not mean a great deal. Did you see
anything oin the screen? Did the power supply fan start?
Did you hear any noise from the hard disk? Any beeps?
 
If you have a good power supply, and you also remove "everything" from the
motherboard; cpu, RAM, all cables that go to drives, etc - and you still
get nothing.... no beeps, nothing - then it is most likely the mobo.
 
Pegasus:

Nothing happen. No beep, sound, lights. My floppy drive is not connected
because I have the wrong cable. I had rebuilt a new system and had taken
most of the parts out leaving only the motherboard, CPU, floppy drive and
memory. It was stored away for about two years.

Thanks;
David
 
My first step would be to take the power supply and test
it on a different machine.
 
Pegasus:

Nothing happen. No beep, sound, lights. My floppy drive is not connected
because I have the wrong cable. I had rebuilt a new system and had taken
most of the parts out leaving only the motherboard, CPU, floppy drive and
memory. It was stored away for about two years.
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Getting a useful answer takes less than two minutes. Anything else
(such as moving a supply to another system) can not report definitive
information. For example a defective supply can even work in another
system. Less than two minute procedure (that would also provide
something useful that other can reply to) is in "When your computer
dies without warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the newsgroup
alt.windows-xp at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh

It's a power supply system. Power supply is only one part of that
system. Which 'system' component might be defective? Only solution
that can answer that question requires a meter. The procedure takes
less than two minutes - far shorter than it takes to even swap a power
supply.
 
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