Any suggestions, please? -UPDATE - BUT JOY

[David Fletcher]

On Sunday 12 September 2010 07:56:48 Basil Chupin wrote:
>
> Well, I have followed everyone's advice - except for one from Dotan -
> and after "stripping" the mobo and testing and then "populating' it
> again and testing I have found that:
>
> 1. the 12V and 5V outputs from the Antec PSU are spot on with their
> voltages;
>
> 2. the mobo is getting the 12V, from the additional socket, without
> which the system will not boot;
>
> 3. the mobo is getting power because the graphic card is getting the
> power from the mobo and not from any Molex connector (like my normal
> card does);
>
> 4. the LED for the RAM is lit when the power is on so there again there
> is power to the mobo (?by way of the ~2.5V rail);
>
> 5. all the fans (7) are spinning and both the HDs are running - one of
> the older ones is even trying to read something (I can hear the heads
> moving by using a simple "stethoscope");
>

I've lost track of much of this thread, but this sounds exactly like the fault 
I've seen before - the signal for the motherboard to boot not working. This 
is picked up by the ATX PSU tester.

Is it still the original PSU or has it been swapped?

Dave