[ale] Have a hardware question on no POST

[JD]

Some MBs won't POST without RAM installed. Got burn on a ... Gigabyte MB with
that. Sounds like you've got it installed tho.

On 10/21/2014 10:20 AM, 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$.
> 
> Jim.