Clarification/Follow-up by alanhightower on 06/07/03 4:22 pm:
The CD & Floppy get power directly from the poewer supply. It will open even if the motherboard is broken.
The key is do the lights lite up or is it dead like the floppy?
It sounds like a bad motherboard but I would just be guessing.
Alan
Clarification/Follow-up by webtrain1 on 06/07/03 11:19 pm:
To follow up. No lights come on at all execpt one that shows the mhz speed of the cpu. No other lights. You think I may have put a static charge on the motherboard or I may have damaged it when I pulled the plastic screws off the board. The motherboard is a little loose? All I know is that it worked fine before I disasembled and reassembled it.
Clarification/Follow-up by webtrain1 on 06/09/03 6:22 pm:
Thanks for your response. I guess it is the motherboard. You said I can pick up a cheap motherboard for $5-10 at a Thrift store. What is Thrift. I saw a small retail store called Thrift, is that what you meant. Because on the internet the cheapest MB I found was 39.00. Its an older pc, I want to get it to work but I don't want to have to buy another MB, CPU and possible power supply.
Clarification/Follow-up by webtrain1 on 06/10/03 9:22 am:
I am from the us, I just never heard anyone usr the term thrift store. I don't know anyone that sells an old pc for 5-10 dollars where i live. Anyway, the fan lies on top of the cpu does work. By the way the pc makes a low pitch humming sound while on. I just wanted the pc to work as a practice pc to take apart etc. I am currently studying for my A+ exam and felt like a failure when I could not get this pc to work. And that I may have bent or broke the motherboard. But the plastic screws that were holding it down were really hard to get off. Before i close this question, where can I get the cheapest pc online as a practice pc. I don't want to waste 100.00. Thanks.
Clarification/Follow-up by Denied1 on 01/11/04 6:01 am:
my question is does he have the power,reset,hd,etc lights and switches plugged onto the board properly.?
