Any suggestions, please?

[Jordon Bedwell]

  On 9/10/2010 7:37 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 10/09/2010 20:04, Luis Paulo wrote:
>> 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.
> Do you think it would have helped if I had provided my shoe size, the
> length of my shirt sleeves, the length of my trouser leg from crotch to
> cuff, not to mention some other bits of detail?
>
> What difference does it make what I have connected to/sitting on the
> motherboard?
>
> I press the power-up button and nothing happens - not a single beep.
>
> If there was a problem with RAM or the mobo then the BIOS would give me
> 1 long and 1 short beep.
>
> If there was a problem with the graphic card it would give me 1 long and
> 2 short beeps.
>
> And so on and etc and etc.
>
> But no beep at all - what does it mean? Which is why I asked for
> suggestions.
>
> BC
>

Cool story.