It looks like that you have tried all that can be done. I would have to agree with everybody
else, that the cpu is dead. Running an amd cpu without the heat sink and fan will kill the cpu in
seconds.
Also, I see it all the time when you plug the pc up the nic turns on. Most cards today, "wake on
lan."
William
--- Alex Harris <nccuss17@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've now tried rebooting without the ram, and then with the ram
> reseated, I reseated the video card, I've pushed the power button to
> drain all power when unplugged with the battery removed, and I removed
> all the cards except the video (had a firewire and a ide raid in it).
>
> results: The fans go the remaining hard drive spins up, and the heat
> sink get's warm after about two minutes (with the processor fan
> going), but still no beep and nothing on the monitor.
>
> The motherboard is a K7S5A mainboard by ECS
>
> note: when plugged in the computer's onboard ethernet does activate
> (see the lights for it on the ethernet switch).
>
>
> On 8/8/05, Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 14:10 -0400, Alex Harris wrote:
> > > I checked for bent pins, and the cpu orientation (I did not touch the
> > > memory or the IDE cables).
> >
> > Yeah, but they could have gotten bumped. A good percentage of POST
> > issues we've dealt with are RAM. Try pulling it and use some computer
> > safe dust remover to blow the slots out. Then re-seat the RAM.
> >
> > It's at least worth a shot. Just make sure you're grounded to the box
> > and you've pretty much got nothing to lose.
> >
> > Mike Branda Jr.
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