TSGL: Old computer

[The Computer Whisperer]

The answre is yes, and no, rofl.


http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/335438-will-motherboard-post-without-cpu.html


Given what it says in that link, I am kinda leaning toward the video card.

How do you feel about spending 5 bucks on a secondhand video card from a
swap meet or ebay?

Justin



2008/7/18 Don Penlington <deepend at tpg.com.au>:

> Justin wrote:
> >the CPU or the graphics card
> >could be overheating. are all the appropriate fans spinning?>>
>
>
> That was one of my concerns. There's never been a case fan, and everything
> (specially ps) was well gunged up with dust. Very likely cpu has
> overheated.
>
> If cpu was dead, would it still POST?
>
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