Board gets power (fans spin) but no POST

[sm8000]

I picked up a used Socket A board with the caveat that it may be dead, I'm not worried about getting a refund as I'm sure the seller will make right if need be. It came with a Barton 2500+, and one or the other (maybe both?) apparently died after an overclock attempt.

I'm testing it by laying it on its cardboard box, plugging in a spare PSU, and the PWR SW wire from a nearby case. I also have some RAM in it an a video card (both known good). I've even got the SPKR wire from another case plugged into it. I initially tried with the Barton it came with, the board would power up (fans spin) but no beeps and no post.

I've since pulled the battery for about half an hour, with the CMOS jumper in Clear (now back to Normal since reseating the battery). Still no beeps nor post. I'm also trying a spare Duron 1.8 but no luck, and I tried changing the FSB jumper. I even switched from DVI to VGA on my X1600 Pro (with its PSU wire connected) but no difference. Just spinning fans.

Is there anything else I can do to test this? I just want to make sure it's really dead before I request a refund. I'd hate to lose this board if it really can work. I've also tried replacing the CMOS battery, no go.

[JLK03F150]

Take the RAM out & see if you can get a "memory bad or missing" POST beep. If you can't get any beeps out of it, IMO the board's probably bad.

[KarmaKiller]

Or if you have onboard video, try that and see if that's the issue.
If your getting no beeps and everything appears to be working, then it is a possibility that it is working, just the video isn't.

[sm8000]

No onboard video here, just two serial ports. Although perhaps I should try digging out a PCI video card...

I took out all of the RAM but still got no beeps. I hope motherboards don't depend on keyboards being present to POST

[JLK03F150]

Yes, no keyboard can cause a stop error on some boards.

[sm8000]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLK03F150

Yes, no keyboard can cause a stop error on some boards.

But it should still POST, right? I've got one here anyway, I'll plug it in and see what happens.

[KarmaKiller]

Well, IMO I would think the board is bad. Sorry

[sm8000]

Bummer Tried a keyboard and a PCI video card, no luck.


It's a damn shame, this could have been a really nice board too: http://www.leadtek.com/eng/mainboard...3&pronameid=71

[KarmaKiller]

Yeah, that is a nice board. Sorry

I never knew Leadtek made motherboards...huh...
Learn something new everyday...

[sm8000]

This is a WinFast board made by Leadtek, but my main PC runs a WinFast board made by Foxconn.