Is my mobo dead !!!?

[sputnik found]

hey all

My MSI K7N2 doesn't power up, i get no beeps, no noise, no fans moving. I press my power switch and nothing happens! .
But the lights on the on-broad network card light up.
Is it my mobo or PSU?

Cheers.

[VladTheImpaler]

Could be either. Get a spare PSU and try it.

[SilentDeath]

psu is fine, if it dont explode and suplys power (to all of the rails) then the fault has to be somewhere else... go get a multimeter/voltmeter and test it.. most ppl have one laying around there house.. or ask a friend (or just use a spare psu to eliminate that possibility of psu = dead)

reset cmos (with psu unplugged!), reseat stuff... plug monitor cable in/check for other obvios stuff that is so obvios that u might not have relised it could cause it - ive left stuff unplugged and thought it b dead a few times before

what lights light up? usually the onboard nic will stay on aslong as the board gets its +5VSB power (on all the time)

have u updated bios recently? some mobos cant change multipler correctly (5th bit of FID) and updateing bios can change the multiplyers the mobo is able to use - this will keep the screen off, fans should start though, but no beeps (or ull get a random multi like 5 or 8 or sommin)

check nothing is shorting on mobo, and that all jumpers etc are set properly - they can and do fall out regually on my old mobo

[sputnik found]

My mate brought down his pc. and we plugged the psu into it and it doesn't turn on either. So it was my psu. Shame really cos i thought chieftec Full towers came with good psu's.

O'well.