Re: [TCLUG:7853] dead motherboard?

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

See if a screw is accidentally shorting the board out.  Set the mb on a
pizza box and hook up the power supply & monitor...  That should make sure
is isn't shorting out on anything metallic.

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've got an old Pentium Pro Compaq that I'm trying to resurrect. When I
> turn the computer on, the power supply and CPU fans spin, but nothing else
> happens--no beeps...nothin'. A voltmeter reveals that the power supply is
> spitting out +/-5 V and +/- 12 V. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> -Tim
> 
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