Old AM2 system doesn't power on

[xTrekStorex]

Hey guys,

my uncles computer started crashing or not booting a few weeks ago and since then I have it here to repair. Normally thats not a problem for me, but for some reason this one is kinda tricky.

Well actually I know the reason, I have no other AM2 board to test it with and the system doesn't power on anymore at all.

 

The system:

• MSI K9N NEO V1.0
• 2x 512MB DDR2 RAM
• AMD Athlon X2 (don't know the exact one - somewhere above 2GHz)
• Ati Radeon X1300

He has it for 4 years now and hasn't been using it very much (booted approximately 3-5 times a month and is kept in a clean environment so no dust in the case at all).

Thats why I'm not so sure about my conclusion.

What I've done so far:

 

• I reseated everything and powered it - no success.
• RAM is in the right config and worked for the past 4 years just fine.
• I checked the PSU and even swapped it with another working one, still no power on.
• I also checked the power switch and shorted the pins but that also didn't move a thing.
• Of course everything was unplugged except for 24pin power-brick and the power switch.

 

The most awkward thing is that there is not a single LED glowing and even the fans don't tick like they do if there is a short somewhere and the PSU shuts down after 1 second.

 

So my conclusion is that the MB is dead.

What are your thoughts?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Kind regards,

Trek

[Tmh85]

Yea either Motherboard or maybe even CPU

[ViruZ_HUN]

Hey guys,

my uncles computer started crashing or not booting a few weeks ago and since then I have it here to repair. Normally thats not a problem for me, but for some reason this one is kinda tricky.

Well actually I know the reason, I have no other AM2 board to test it with and the system doesn't power on anymore at all.

 

The system:

• MSI K9N NEO V1.0
• 2x 512MB DDR2 RAM
• AMD Athlon X2 (don't know the exact one - somewhere above 2GHz)
• Ati Radeon X1300

He has it for 4 years now and hasn't been using it very much (booted approximately 3-5 times a month and is kept in a clean environment so no dust in the case at all).

Thats why I'm not so sure about my conclusion.

What I've done so far:

 

• I reseated everything and powered it - no success.
• RAM is in the right config and worked for the past 4 years just fine.
• I checked the PSU and even swapped it with another working one, still no power on.
• I also checked the power switch and shorted the pins but that also didn't move a thing.
• Of course everything was unplugged except for 24pin power-brick and the power switch.

 

The most awkward thing is that there is not a single LED glowing and even the fans don't tick like they do if there is a short somewhere and the PSU shuts down after 1 second.

 

So my conclusion is that the MB is dead.

What are your thoughts?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Kind regards,

Trek

well, think its time for an upgrade.

 

I have a OLD Am2 system too(i dont use it, itd my old gaming rig". But i dont use it but it works fine:D but extremly slow. like 3-4 min startup... Wha´tch the specs on my profile

[Alibaladin]

Never like Athlon. Bad old days. :angry:

[ViruZ_HUN]

Never like Athlon. Bad old days. :angry:

NO IT WAS AWSOME!

[xTrekStorex]

Well he doesn't even have an internetconnection and needs it only to read some PDFs from work or write documents (OpenOffice 2.3 ) to print for taxes etc. so no upgrade required

[Guest]

Never like Athlon. Bad old days. :angry:

I remember when amd was amazing and intel kids had p4s