Topic: spacers

[twiggy]

yep no problems there at all

[Simon]

Don't want to state the obvious, but is the lead from the PSU to the Motherboard connected properly?

[Dack]

The spacers only contact the mobo on an insulated part not a conductive part of the mobo Mark, they are merely there to hold the pins that protrude through the mobo away from the metal case  

Not exactly

Some of the spacers - the metal ones - connect to earthing points that connect the earth of the motherboard to the earth of the case so that there are not separate earths in the computer (as that would provide a voltage differential and strange problems). The others are for keeping the pins away from the metal of the case.

http://www.scotsmist.co.uk/fitting_mobo.html for a simple guide to fitting motherboards.

[Dack]

Ok pressed power swicth and guess what nothing? :'( Nothing at all, no flashs or bangs this time thow But nothing is powering up no beeps no nothing?

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cmos jumper set to the correct position and power switch connector on the correct jumpers?

[twiggy]

lead form psu to motherboard connected, cmos jumper set to pins 2 and 3 so no problems here.

[Dack]

Which motherboard is it? Is it the k75sa?

[twiggy]

its the k7s5a pro

[Dack]

You've put the power switch connector between pins 6 and 8 (horizontal) and not vertical?

What processor? Is it the same one as from the recently deceased motherboard?

[twiggy]

its the same one as last time xp2400

the power swicth is between pins 6 and 8

[twiggy]

should i just go and sit in da corner and for get this hole idea? lol this is one of the biggest mistakes i have ever made and the most costly

[Simon]

Stabbing in the dark here Mark, but have you got another PSU you could try?  Just wondering if it was damaged when the last m/board shorted out?  

[Dack]

Was about to post this last night when my machine reset (damn this Camino chipset).

Summary (please correct me if I'm wrong):
1. You've fitted a new motherboard
2. You've used the same processor, power supply, case, graphics card and memory as from the machine that had the board blow up.

Possible causes:
1. Power supply went faulty when the other one blew up. You'd need to try it with another (known working) board to prove this. Same thing with the other components as when the undersize of the motherboard was grounded you would have had stray voltages connecting to all sorts of components (and of course the processor would have quite a current drain and hence be one of the most likely failures after the power supply).

2. Memory? - though I doubt you would have mixed SDRAM and DDRAM on the same board.

3. CMOS Battery dead - a long shot but IIRC there were some boards that were sent out with a faulty battery. Solution being change the battery over for a known good one.

[twiggy]

He hey got it working the psu had blown so that leaves the question did the last motherboard go? But any way problems!!!!! Set up the bios cmos and everything was fine then i exit and saved them, it rebooted and come up sayin xp1800 when its a xp2400 so went back into the bios and changed the speed to 166/133 (the biggest it would go) then exit and saved it. Then the screen was jsut blank nothign happening So i turned it on and off nothing again just a blank screen. The cd drive wont open or anything The fans power up and cd drive flashes but the monitor just says no signal.

 ???Any ideas

Thanks Mark

[Clive]

No techies around at the moment Mark but I'm sure there will be later on.

[Sandra]

I should think that the mobo and cpu went at the same time Mark.
I am just setting up a PC now that had a blown PSU and a failed hard drive, so its a chicken and egg situation with this one  

I assume that you cant get back into BIOS and load failsafe defaults, that would be my first choice