Re: [ATM] Second Secondary - Intel Motherboard

[Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>]

Before you send the Main bord to the dumpster, try
connecting the good power port to the bad power port
(bypass the open trace) with a piece of wirewrap wire
to see if you can bridge the open connection. I've
resurected several PC's this way and it only costs a
bit of time and a foot (or less) of wire.

Ken Hunter

--- artbianconi@blast.net wrote:

> The PC has a new 460 watt Power Supply and while the
> fans in the supply work fine, the cooling fan for
> the cpu still did not work. 
> 
> The 3 pin motherboard power supply it uses is close
> to the CPU. I disconnected it from there and
> connected it elsewhere on the board.
> 
> The fan powered up immediately when the system was
> switched on. I then moved it to yet a third 3 pin
> power port. Nothing.
> 
> The heat sink for the CPU gets warm so we have power
> to the CPU but with two dead power ports, I suspect
> that there is a open 12 volt 
> power circuit on the motherboard that is interfering
> with critical functions other than the cooling fans.
> 
> Intel is closed as I write this. First thing
> Wednesday morning I'll call tech support to see if
> there is any remaining warranty but there's 
> little need to be concerned.
> 
> There have been two major design revisions since I
> bought this board in 2001. I can probably replace
> the damn thing for $60, likely 
> less. It's stupid to invest too much time on a
> disposable commodity.
> 
> Art
> 
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