Testing a bad mobo/CPU/power-supply?

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Tom Metro <blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org>:

> Actually, without a speaker attached, the lack of video doesn't tell 
> you much. It could be motherboard, CPU, RAM, or video card. It could 
> even be the monitor. Though I agree that RAM probably is the most 
> likely cause, in the absence of other evidence.

I've tried it with no RAM and get no response..

> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Tom Metro <blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> writes:
>>> ...I'd recommend scavenging a speaker off of another case...
>>
>> Yep, and I'm not getting ANY beeps at all!  So I think it's a dead
>> mobo.  :(
>
> The beep codes are dependent on a functioning CPU to execute the POST 
> routines in the BIOS, so you haven't ruled out the CPU as a cause. (I 
> think with some motherboards, the POST routines are also dependent on 
> RAM.)
>
> At this point you'll have to do a component swap - either trying a 
> different motherboard, or different CPU.

Well does someone out there have a known working AM2 mobo and and DDR2
RAM willing to work with me?   I don't have any extra lying around.

>  -Tom

-derek

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