Roy Collingwood

"ProfGene" <mfevs@winco.net> wrote in message
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> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> > Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> > Can I assume the mobo is dead?
> >
> > Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> > short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> > force a power on that way?

Yes, I keep a short lead with a push-button on the end for testing m;boards
without having to fit into a case
to switch on, you can short the connector, but do not leave it shorted.
Roy

> >
> It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
> work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
> and it started to work.

ProfGene

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> Can I assume the mobo is dead?
>
> Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> force a power on that way?
>
It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
and it started to work.

Roy Collingwood

"ProfGene" <mfevs@winco.net> wrote in message
news:fj89c4$c2n$2@news04.infoave.net...
> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> > Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> > Can I assume the mobo is dead?
> >
> > Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> > short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> > force a power on that way?

Yes, I keep a short lead with a push-button on the end for testing m;boards
without having to fit into a case
to switch on, you can short the connector, but do not leave it shorted.
Roy

> >
> It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
> work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
> and it started to work.

ProfGene

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> Can I assume the mobo is dead?
>
> Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> force a power on that way?
>
It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
and it started to work.

Roy Collingwood

"ProfGene" <mfevs@winco.net> wrote in message
news:fj89c4$c2n$2@news04.infoave.net...
> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> > Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> > Can I assume the mobo is dead?
> >
> > Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> > short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> > force a power on that way?

Yes, I keep a short lead with a push-button on the end for testing m;boards
without having to fit into a case
to switch on, you can short the connector, but do not leave it shorted.
Roy

> >
> It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
> work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
> and it started to work.

ProfGene

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> Can I assume the mobo is dead?
>
> Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> force a power on that way?
>
It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
and it started to work.

Roy Collingwood

"ProfGene" <mfevs@winco.net> wrote in message
news:fj89c4$c2n$2@news04.infoave.net...
> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> > Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
> > Can I assume the mobo is dead?
> >
> > Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
> > short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
> > force a power on that way?

Yes, I keep a short lead with a push-button on the end for testing m;boards
without having to fit into a case
to switch on, you can short the connector, but do not leave it shorted.
Roy

> >
> It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
> work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
> and it started to work.

ProfGene

ProfGene wrote:
> BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
>> Power LED on mobo comes on but nothing when you hit the power button.
>> Can I assume the mobo is dead?
>>
>> Also, just to rule out a power button problem, is it acceptable to
>> short (with a jumper) the two-pin power button header on the mobo to
>> force a power on that way?
>>
> It could also be the CPU. I had a motherboard that I could never get to
> work but after about three or four years I bought a CPU that it liked
> and it started to work.
You can never assume anything. I had a motherboard that never did
anything until one day I tried a different processor and it suddenly
worked. Try removing the RAM and booting. It should then if it is
working beep a number of times however many the warning is for that MB
that there is no RAM. If it does then you will know something in it is
working. Have you tried removing most of the cards to the bare minimum
and booting?