Any suggestions, please?

[Luis Paulo]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 10/09/2010 02:57, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> Having a look at the manual for the mobo I think I have come to the
> conclusion that the PSU probably lies at the root of my trouble: the
> mobo will NOT boot if it does get 12V thru the additional connector on
> the mobo which is why I am thinking power supply. I'll get the
> multimeter out next week and check this out.

As you may know, a bad PSU can give the right voltages measures and
still dont have the "enough power", still be bad, that is.

As you have remove almost everything from the mb, any 300W working PSU
will be more than enough to check the boot powering the essential
(well, you didn't tell what graphics it has, or if it has an internal
graphics).

If you don't have a spare PSU, you may take the patience and try with
the one of your actual working system.

** But be aware that if the mb in question is in some kind of "short
circuit", you may damage the second PSU too.

Next time someone have a problem like this, please take the time to
give more info than Basil. Things like "the display works in another
machine", "I checked (or couldn't check) the memories", "the mobo is a
... with a graphics model ..., that works in another machine (or not),
it has an internal vga (or not),", "my PSU is a ..., and it works,
not, on another machine". Just the basics, please. Memory specs and
chipset may also save others time.

:)
Regards
Luis

PS: There are some cheap devices to put on the power take of the
computer that measure the watt consume.
If the number get too higher than the normal, you have a problem.
Also, a few time ago I burned two PSU with a mb short circuit. With
that device, knowing the Wattage, I inserted a slow fuse in the power
cable before the PSU. In Portugal we have a saying like "House stolen,
locks at the doors...".