I had exactly the same thing happen about a month and a half ago, right 
down to the green LED still working, no beeps.  My Hardware Guy (who is 
also my nephew) had me check the on/off switch, bridge the pins from the 
switch, etc., and finally reached the conclusion that the motherboard 
had just gone belly up.  He said he'd seen other boards of similar age 
(about 5 years old) do the same thing and that I probably just needed a 
new one.  :(

On the other hand, he was giving me instructions and diagnosing the 
thing over the phone (having just moved a few hundred miles away, 
dammit).  The good news was that I lucked into a replacement computer of 
similar age and quality that ended up not costing me anything.  Hey, I 
don't mind replacing things like sound cards, but thinking about that 
motherboard kept reminding me that programmers don't change light bulbs. 
  ;)  So the dead computer is still sitting here next to the live one.

But, anyway, Tom mentioned a situation a situation with Win2K...which my 
computer was running...and the motherboard's an Asus A7V266-C...don't 
suppose that gives anybody any clues about *my* dead computer...?

Just hoping,

Sherry Shaw


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