[mythtv-users] Help! Fried my motherboard, need to build a new backend quick.

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 02:28:13 UTC 2009


On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:25 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:23 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I flipped it to the reset position, and then powered the system up (whoops)
>>> which appears to have fried my motherboard (A soltek SL K8TPro-939)  When I
>>> flip the power now, absolutely nothing happens, no power, no post beeps.
>>>
>>> Ack.  Any help?
>>>
>> Did you try this?
>>
>> First pull out the plug. Then remove the battery from the motherboard.
>> Then push the power button with the plug removed. Then plug it in and
>> try powering it on again.
>>
>
> Oh. BTW, I forgot to mention put the cmos clear jumper back in the
> normal position first.
>
And if that does not work try the same with all unnecessary cards
removed. If that does not work try with the memory removed if it does
not beep the mobo is definitely dead.

John M. Drescher


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