How do I know if my motherboards fried?

[el_kingbob]

Originally posted by GB_Cobber:
im thinking of the power swith on the fron of the case. thats on the right terminal right? u got the book that shows you where all those wires go right?
If so check it again, then try removing the battery,shorting the battery jumper,replace the bat jumper to original place, replace batter.

try removing any device you dont need to start, IE, sound,network cards,CDrom,Floppy.

that was one of my problems before finding out where those plugs go but the plugs for the front of the case LEDS and buttons are plugged in the right spots.

ill try the batterey thing.

[el_kingbob]

Originally posted by Siegfried00:
Was there another mobo in the system previously? I've seen it happen where people accidentaly leave spacers on the tray that the board doesn't need which connects a bunch of traces and short it out.

nope everythings new i just had too switch it all too a new case with new heatsink and fan. the case it came with sucked and the cooling was terrible it got too 145 degrees+

[GB_Cobber]

Battery only hold the Bios settings, It would still boot up if it were flat.Just without its memory,so it uses default settings.

Im thinking you know how to put a board in the case correctly so i really cant see it could be damaged in any way.
Its always something stupid like a conector in the wrong place.Ive even experienced bent conectors on the dim slots and AGP slots where the card was taken out on and angle.
Check the slots.
Then try unpluging all of the case lights and switches except the power switch.

[This message has been edited by GB_Cobber (edited October 08, 2001).]

[el_kingbob]

Originally posted by GB_Cobber:
Battery only hold the Bios settings, It would still boot up if it were flat.Just without its memory,so it uses default settings.

Im thinking you know how to put a board in the case correctly so i really cant see it could be damaged in any way.
Its always something stupid like a conector in the wrong place.Ive even experienced bent conectors on the dim slots and AGP slots where the card was taken out on and angle.
Check the slots.
Then try unpluging all of the case lights and switches except the power switch.

[This message has been edited by GB_Cobber (edited October 08, 2001).]

If the power supply is not plugged in and set too 0(off) but the ATX power cable is plugged in to the motherboard during installation would that cause problems.

[GB_Cobber]

Originally posted by el_kingbob:

Originally posted by GB_Cobber:
Battery only hold the Bios settings, It would still boot up if it were flat.Just without its memory,so it uses default settings.

Im thinking you know how to put a board in the case correctly so i really cant see it could be damaged in any way.
Its always something stupid like a conector in the wrong place.Ive even experienced bent conectors on the dim slots and AGP slots where the card was taken out on and angle.
Check the slots.
Then try unpluging all of the case lights and switches except the power switch.

[This message has been edited by GB_Cobber (edited October 08, 2001).]

If the power supply is not plugged in and set too 0(off) but the ATX power cable is plugged in to the motherboard during installation would that cause problems.

I shouldnt think so,not if it hasnt been powered up for some time.
You must remember, without the power cable pluged in,your case is not earthed.
Its still highly unlikey to damage anything.

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