Quote Originally Posted by ajones View Post
I'd have thought that not getting a POST is highly suggestive that your MoBo is fubar. You'd still POST (with fatal errors) if the CPU/RAM/gfx were fried but the MoBo was ok. The lights you see are for your wakeup interrupts, and do not necessarily mean that the MoBo is working.

If cash it tight, start in the classified section. You can pick up a half decent machine in there.
taken the opportunity to upgrade a little
On order:

Asus P5QL-E
Q9550
4GB Corsair 1066 RAM
Pioneer DVDR SATA to replace an IDE drive - and I'll copy all the 80GB IDE drive elsewhere and bin it..

....hair pulling on Saturday night...