I'm not sure where your friend got it or if he's a tinkerer, but verify jumpers- A bios reset jumper in the wrong position will behave just like a dead mobo.<br><br>--Dennis<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It's the mobo. ATX uses mobo pins to power up.<br>
<br>
OK. Last trick: find the power switch pins on the mobo and short them<br>
with a screw driver. That bypasses the switch. If it still won't power<br>
up, toss the board.<br>
<br>
2009/3/31 Charles Shapiro <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> So a friend of mine has a dead E-machines D2046 which I've been attempting<br>
> to bring back to life. It did not respond to the power switch at all. I<br>
> easter-egged out everything but the MB and got no change, so I went out<br>
> and bought a $20, 380 watt power supply at Fry's and installed that. Alas,<br>
> it still has no heartbeat and no breathing. So I'm trying to decide whether<br>
> to try replacing the CPU ( 2 gb Celeron) first, or just grit my teeth and<br>
> buy a whole new ATX motherboard. Thoughts?<br>
><br>
> -- CHS<br>
><br>
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