[ale] Have a hardware question on no POST

[Boris Borisov]

I always used to start with barebone MB and PS. And then add components one
by one. You need speaker plugged for error beeps.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> 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.
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