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Not sure if i cooked my motherboard

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by bestbet, Dec 1, 2010.

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  1. bestbet Newcomer, in training

    Hi guys, I Have been having a heck of a time reloading windows xp wiped drive and everything but it wont let me reinstall xp pro, so I thought maybee resetting bios may help, well its been a while since i had seen it done my son showed me about a year ago how to use the jbat jumper so i turned off pc jumped to the other pins fired it up the shut it off and returned the pins to normal, problem is i dont think i was supposed to power up when it was switched and i dont see anything on my monitor, did i cook my board? or prossesor, please help any input would be a big help thanks,
    bestbet, Dec 1, 2010
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  2. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,907   +77

    I think it is likely that you've damaged or destroyed the motherboard. I'm sure you read the warning in the manual but after the fact. It appears you'll need a new board.
    mailpup, Dec 2, 2010
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  3. Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 10,047   +11

    disassemble to the simplest configuration and try to boot.
    Tedster, Dec 3, 2010
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