Carputer? How are you powering the system, inverter to AC power supply or 12V DC supply? Maybe you had a power surge when you unplugged and zapped something. The CMOS can be VERY static sensitive, so that the BIOS can get mucked up without actually being destroyed. You have already stripped everything and tested with a known good power supply, so the problem has to be confined to the motherboard components or CPU or RAM, correct? Not likely that the CPU or RAM crapped just from a power cycle. Does your power supply turn on at all? Does the fan spin, just "twitch" or do nothing? Your USB drive is probably running off the 5V standby power which is always present when AC is fed to the power supply (perhaps you have noticed that you can charge USB devices w/o turning the 'puter on. But if you have a dead short crowbar shutdown of the power, you shouldn't have standby power either.<br>
<br>I recommend you use the jumper setting to clear the BIOS or even better, remove the battery for an hour or so (with no power plugged to the motherboard). That should unscramble your BIOS and put it back in the default or failsafe state reviving your board.<br>
<br>One final note, NEVER scrimp on the power supply. No truer saying about computers than GIGO, esp. with regards to the power input!<br><br>Regards,<br>Greg Clifton<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Omar Chanouha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ofosho@gatech.edu">ofosho@gatech.edu</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;">I put a carputer together using an intel D945GCLF2D motherboard. I<br>
installed it and everything worked. Then I unplugged it to the<br>
faceplate on, but when I plugged it back in the screen wouldn't<br>
display anything. So I took it to my bench, unplugged everything from<br>
it, and hooked it to a reliable power supply. Again, nothing. I don't<br>
get any BIOS beeps, nor any LED activity. If peripherals are<br>
attached, they do get power, i.e. the dvd tray opens, which is<br>
connected via usb. It is so wierd b/c I didn't change anything that<br>
would affect the mobo, nor did I reverse the polarity. Could it be<br>
memory? I don't think so because the mobo guide says it gives<br>
beeps/messages for memory erros. Is the mobo dead? Are there any<br>
possible explanations as to why this happened, so I don't do it again?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-O<br>
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