stupid question about a dead motherboard

fritoking · Jul 5, 2010

ok..i have an emachines mini itx pc that was possibly lightning struck here atm..no power to anything.no fans..lights..etc. so i hooked up a 350 watt psu i have to it that i know is good since its running another pc..still nothing anywhere. even the psu fan doesnt come on.if the board is shot wouldnt the dvdrom and the power leds still come on? ( that has been my past experience)i was hoping that just the psu was shot and i could salvage the thing....... one more note..the oem psu has funky wiring ..like out of the psu to an adapter and then to the mobo...the mobo is 24 pin but the plug on the adapter is still 20?

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BUCK NASTY · Jul 5, 2010

fritoking said:
ok..i have an emachines mini itx pc that was possibly lightning struck here atm..no power to anything.no fans..lights..etc. so i hooked up a 350 watt psu i have to it that i know is good since its running another pc..still nothing anywhere. even the psu fan doesnt come on.if the board is shot wouldnt the dvdrom and the power leds still come on? ( that has been my past experience)i was hoping that just the psu was shot and i could salvage the thing....... one more note..the oem psu has funky wiring ..like out of the psu to an adapter and then to the mobo...the mobo is 24 pin but the plug on the adapter is still 20?

If the Mobo is shot it will not trigger the PSU. Nothing will receive power. Have you tried jumping the oem PSU to see if it is OK?

fritoking · Jul 5, 2010

no i havent tried that since im not familiar with the procedure......

KieX · Jul 5, 2010

fritoking said:
one more note..the oem psu has funky wiring ..like out of the psu to an adapter and then to the mobo...the mobo is 24 pin but the plug on the adapter is still 20?

Just a quick shot question... but the spare PSU you're testing are you using a full 24pin? The one on your picture is a 20-pin but they normally attatch to a 4-pin extension to give you the full set of 24 pins. Not sure if that's why it's not powering up.

fritoking · Jul 5, 2010

its a 20+ 4 i tried it both ways......24 and 20 no dice..the on in the pic is the oem psu......it looks like they added it just for an extension

cdawall · Jul 5, 2010

green to black will short the oem psu

fritoking · Jul 5, 2010

cdawall said:
green to black will short the oem psu

any black or a specific black?

Frederik S · Jul 5, 2010

If there aren't any fried components maybe you should try to clear the CMOS?

And yeah short the one green with a ground wire (black most of the time) and the PSU should start.

cdawall · Jul 5, 2010

fritoking said:
any black or a specific black?

black is ground it don't matter which i normally use the one right next to the green tho

fritoking · Jul 5, 2010

Frederik S said:
If there aren't any fried components maybe you should try to clear the CMOS?

And yeah short the one green with a ground wire (black most of the time) and the PSU should start.

tried that also

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stupid question about a dead motherboard

fritoking

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