[ale] Playing Resurrectionist

[Dennis Ruzeski]

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.

--Dennis



On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's the mobo. ATX uses mobo pins to power up.
>
> OK. Last trick: find the power switch pins on the mobo and short them
> with a screw driver. That bypasses the switch. If it still won't power
> up, toss the board.
>
> 2009/3/31 Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>:
> > So a friend of mine has a dead E-machines D2046 which I've been
> attempting
> > to bring back to life.  It did not respond to the power switch at all. I
> > easter-egged out everything but  the MB and got no change,  so I went out
> > and bought a $20, 380 watt power supply at Fry's and installed that.
> Alas,
> > it still has no heartbeat and no breathing. So I'm trying to decide
> whether
> > to try replacing  the CPU  ( 2 gb Celeron) first, or just grit my teeth
> and
> > buy a whole new ATX motherboard.  Thoughts?
> >
> > -- CHS
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