MOBO/Power Problem

[Schotty]

[quote author=stryder144 link=board=3;threadid=8449;start=0#msg76630 date=1073776382]
I think that the easiest thing to start with is the power supple. Go find yourself an old computer that uses the ATX power supply. Disconnect the power supply from the motherboard, attach your new power supply and plug it in. Power it on and see if it boots the old computer to at least the post routine. If it doesn't, you know that you have a bad power supply. If it does, well, you've got a lot of other components that you'll need to sort through.

Cheers
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Actually you would wnat to do it in reverse, try an alternate in the oddly behaved system. Why? Lets assume that the real reason IS the PSU. Now if the PSU has a flaky power regulator, and instead of +-5 +-12 volts, we have 8 and 16 volts, we could kill another system by swapping that one in.

An old lesson I learned the oh ... "hard" way ;D

[stryder144]

Good point, Schotty, good point. One karma point bonus for you.

Cheers

[Ashcrow]

I didn't even think about that. Thanks!

[Schotty]

If it can burn, I probably set it on fire ... some how ;D