[ale] Have a hardware question on no POST

[Alex Carver]

On 2014-10-21 07:20, Jim Lynch wrote:
> My wife's computer, one I repurposed a few months back, "exploded" to
> hear her tell it.  I'm guessing a cap exploded.  The PS was shot and
> that was confirmed by a local PC shop.  I bought a new one and installed
> it.  Nothing happened, so I figured the motherboard took a spike also. 
> I ordered a new motherboard, cpu and memory and installed it.  As my
> normal procedure, I didn't plug the graphics card in, since it had
> onboard video.  I did plug the DVD player and the front panel connections.
> 
> After pushing the power button on the front panel, the fans come on, the
> lights light but no output on the monitor.  No POST.
> 
> Other than purchasing another cpu and replacing the cpu and then if that
> didn't fix it replace the motherboard and if that didn't fix it.  Kick
> my self for spending more for bad parts than I could have bought a good
> refurb'ed unit.
> 
> So any suggestions of what I might try without spending any more money? 
> This is a Linux only box.  I've weaned her off of M$.

No POST at all?  Not a single beep?  Check that the CPU is seated, no
missing or bent pins, no dirt or dust in the socket.  The only time I've
seen a motherboard not POST at all was when I installed a CPU that
didn't sit flat in the socket.