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Motherboard went POP
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Background information:
Tried to get the computer to power on, but when you hit the power button the cpu fan would spin for like a second and nothing, just like when you try to start your car and it fails.
So I had a good look at where all the switchs wire up to, and put them all in - Pluged the power in, hit the power button. Hey Prestro everything worked even mobo beeped
THEN! As it was starting up something went POP I shit myself and unplugged the power.
Now i've looked around on the board up close but I cant see nothing that is damaged or looks like its 'popped My only theory is one of those big chunky things that stick up have popped - But again there's no visual evidence!
So do I chuck the board away?
Tried to get the computer to power on, but when you hit the power button the cpu fan would spin for like a second and nothing, just like when you try to start your car and it fails.
So I had a good look at where all the switchs wire up to, and put them all in - Pluged the power in, hit the power button. Hey Prestro everything worked even mobo beeped
THEN! As it was starting up something went POP I shit myself and unplugged the power.
Now i've looked around on the board up close but I cant see nothing that is damaged or looks like its 'popped My only theory is one of those big chunky things that stick up have popped - But again there's no visual evidence!
So do I chuck the board away?
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I checked everything before because it would not stay on, but ill just wire the power switch and power and give it ago.
*worries*
Its not a big deal, I can chuck it out if need be lol :P
Powered on with ram & HHD and there was no POP so I was like few
Problem now is, there is no system beep when you power on the system and also there is nothing going to the monitor.
No input signal
I was just wanted to see if I could get it working because i could add 512mb ram to it lol
RE the graphics card, does the mobo have on-board video capability? Then if you remove the card, it may show if there's a problem there.
If you can be bothered, I'd try using all the different components in another system (one by one) to check they work. If they all work elsewhere, assuming they are supported in the other system, it must be the mobo!
They are capacitors. Many motherboards from 1998-2001 had bad ones. Either the top of the caps would bulge, or they would leak electrolyte from the bottom. Have a good look around the ones nearest the CPU, with a good light shining in there.
http://home.mchsi.com/~martin.rogers/SL400-bad-caps.jpg
http://www.tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1052734326.jpg
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5809/kzgexploded1hx9.jpg
http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200302/capblown_6.jpg
They were also used in cheap power supplies. The pop could have originated from here... the capacitors were made by cheapo manufacturers from a stolen design by a leading company, but it wasn't copied correctly.
As you've already partially done, try the system with all cards removed but memory in place. Note any beeps made. Failing that, try another known-good PSU.
Also this link is good:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
You clearly no nothing about my computering status.
Sorry! I'll have ago asap, got side tracked with my amazon orders!
Thing is, ive seen caps that have blowen, so I'll have a look again but I got my lovely new 250GB Hard drive today So I'll use my old one as a test for this machine
Just to keep wooooooooah happy
Hopefully it won't be so hot!