I recently had a fault on my main PC, and dragged out the standby one, couldn't get a display and decided to bin it.
While I was browsing ebay to see if the remains would fetch anything, I happened to see a m/board of the same range as mine.
I bought it, put it in the case... still no display.
I fitted the known working PSU from my main PC and the known working AGP card (the m/b has on-board graphics as well). Still no display. I checked the case-to-mb connectors and am satisfied they are correct.
When I turn it on now, the PSU fan starts and runs; the CPU fan starts and runs; if there is a hard or CD drive connected, I hear it start up and skitter about. The HD LED lights for a while, then goes out after a minute or so. If I press the "reset" button the PC sounds like it is restarting (lights blink, drive starts up again and skitters). If I press and hold the Power On button it powers itself off.
Looks like it was a mistake to buy a replacemnt m/b. Do these symptoms sound like it is the CPU (Athlon XP 1800, socket 462) or the memory (P133, 2 x 512)?
I could buy a cheap Duron or something but am beginning to regret not binning it earlier.
While I was browsing ebay to see if the remains would fetch anything, I happened to see a m/board of the same range as mine.
I bought it, put it in the case... still no display.
I fitted the known working PSU from my main PC and the known working AGP card (the m/b has on-board graphics as well). Still no display. I checked the case-to-mb connectors and am satisfied they are correct.
When I turn it on now, the PSU fan starts and runs; the CPU fan starts and runs; if there is a hard or CD drive connected, I hear it start up and skitter about. The HD LED lights for a while, then goes out after a minute or so. If I press the "reset" button the PC sounds like it is restarting (lights blink, drive starts up again and skitters). If I press and hold the Power On button it powers itself off.
Looks like it was a mistake to buy a replacemnt m/b. Do these symptoms sound like it is the CPU (Athlon XP 1800, socket 462) or the memory (P133, 2 x 512)?
I could buy a cheap Duron or something but am beginning to regret not binning it earlier.