Help! machine won't Boot

prescott28

prescott28

prescott28

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Got a BSOD yesterday and the machine would not restart and appeared dead. This morning we reset the BIOS and a tiny bit of life came back - when the power is first applied the graphics card fan and CPU fan move slightly and a the grahics card light lit briefly. Otherwise it is dead. I had assumed the power supply was dead but there seems to be some power to the board as shown by the above.

Could this be a dead motherboard and what else could I check to find out? I would be grateful for any help on this.
 
Thank for the help but it won't work. The machine will not get though BIOS checks let alone boot into the BIOS screen.

Machine configuration can be obtained by clicking my signature.
 
Sadly I do not have a spare PSU. However, the PSU did not show any signs of failing - smell, bangs or whatever.

Tried with 1 stick of RAM but no luck there.
 
no luck with just motherboard and graphics card. It is plain dead. I have found the possibility of a power supply I might use to test so might be able to eliminate the possibility but it looks like the motherboard may have died.
 
OK done some testing with my son (^^^) and we think the motherboard has gone.

Connected his PSU to my motherboard and switched on only for the case fans to barely twitch. On attempting to power up again the fans won't spin until the power cable is removed and re-inserted.

Exactly the same happened with my old PSU.

Is this definitely the motherboard that has failed?
 
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