Dead mobo?

[mitchpman13]

Hello, My friend has had this old pc sitting around for a few months. When he built the pc he said it was able to turn on but he couldn't get it to post. When I opened it up, I noticed that the mobo was screwed into the mob tray with the stand offs. Could this potentially short the board? I couldn't even get the psu fan blades to turn on. When I removed the CMOS and tried to start it up again, the blades spun a little and nothing else happened.

 

So I'm not sure if there is anything else I could try to do and fix it.

[Speedbird]

Wait, PSU fan? Then it's probably the power supply.

[mitchpman13]

I guess I could try taking my psu out and putting it in his system.

[mitchpman13]

Tried my psu and still nothing.

[dragoon20005]

try removing the board from the case and test it on a table

 

make sure you are grounded

[-rascal-]

 I noticed that the mobo was screwed into the mobo tray with the stand offs. Could this potentially short the board?

 

So I'm not sure if there is anything else I could try to do and fix it.

 

Wait. What?!

 

So...

 

--- [stand off] --- [Mobo] ---- [motherboard tray] --->

 

instead of

 

--- [screw] ---- [Mobo] ---> [stand off] ---> [motherboard tray] -->

 

If so, you're friend really goofed up building his PC. Big time.

Heh, that is like doing the complete opposite of grounding the motherboard.

I wouldn't be surprised if he shorted the motherboard and killed it -- hoping it didn't take anything else down with it.

 

In this situation it would be best  to test every part individually.

• Make sure the PSU is okay and undamaged
• Check the RAM modules to see if they've been fried or not
• See if the motherboard and/or CPU is still alive
• Check the HDD's
• See if the graphics card (if applicable) is still in operating condition
• etc

[Syraz]

 

Wait. What?!

 

So...

 

--- [stand off] --- [Mobo] ---- [motherboard tray] --->

 

instead of

 

--- [screw] ---- [Mobo] ---> [stand off] ---> [motherboard tray] -->

 

If so, you're friend really goofed up building his PC. Big time.

Heh, that is like doing the complete opposite of grounding the motherboard.

I wouldn't be surprised if he shorted the motherboard and killed it -- hoping it didn't take anything else down with it.

 

In this situation it would be best  to test every part individually.

• Make sure the PSU is okay and undamaged
• Check the RAM modules to see if they've been fried or not
• See if the motherboard and/or CPU is still alive
• Check the HDD's
• See if the graphics card (if applicable) is still in operating condition
• etc

 

I had to double take that sentence also. I have heard people screwing mobo to case without standoffs, but not someone using the standoffs to attached the mobo