I always used to start with barebone MB and PS. And then add components one by one. You need speaker plugged for error beeps.<br><br>On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, JD <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Some MBs won't POST without RAM installed. Got burn on a ... Gigabyte MB with<br>
that. Sounds like you've got it installed tho.<br>
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On 10/21/2014 10:20 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:<br>
> My wife's computer, one I repurposed a few months back, "exploded" to hear her<br>
> tell it. I'm guessing a cap exploded. The PS was shot and that was confirmed<br>
> by a local PC shop. I bought a new one and installed it. Nothing happened, so<br>
> I figured the motherboard took a spike also. I ordered a new motherboard, cpu<br>
> and memory and installed it. As my normal procedure, I didn't plug the graphics<br>
> card in, since it had onboard video. I did plug the DVD player and the front<br>
> panel connections.<br>
><br>
> After pushing the power button on the front panel, the fans come on, the lights<br>
> light but no output on the monitor. No POST.<br>
><br>
> Other than purchasing another cpu and replacing the cpu and then if that didn't<br>
> fix it replace the motherboard and if that didn't fix it. Kick my self for<br>
> spending more for bad parts than I could have bought a good refurb'ed unit.<br>
><br>
> So any suggestions of what I might try without spending any more money? This is<br>
> a Linux only box. I've weaned her off of M$.<br>
><br>
> Jim.<br>
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