Any special step for new motherboard?

I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m. It won't even power up, no
lights or noises. Both the battery and charger give the same indications
and they have both been checked good.

I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new
motherboard to power on after a change.

The replacement board is the same type (C3036 or Dell Part C3037) and I am
using my Processor which is a 1.6Ghz. I would not think the processor would
be incompatible with the same model number motherboard.

I haven't checked to see if the bios chips can be swapped, but I would
assume they are soldered on.

Thanks,
Clark.

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:15:43 -0600, "Clark" <> wrote:

>I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m. It won't even power up, no
>lights or noises. Both the battery and charger give the same indications
>and they have both been checked good.
>
>I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new
>motherboard to power on after a change.
>
>The replacement board is the same type (C3036 or Dell Part C3037) and I am
>using my Processor which is a 1.6Ghz. I would not think the processor would
>be incompatible with the same model number motherboard.
>
>I haven't checked to see if the bios chips can be swapped, but I would
>assume they are soldered on.
>
>Thanks,
>Clark.
>


I'm just guessing but could the new board be faulty??

Laptop motherboards are a straight swap. BIOS chips are soldered. I generally
power up a laptop when it is partially assembled, to make sure that the major
connections and connectors are all OK. All you can do is disassemble and
double-check your work... Ben Myers

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:15:43 -0600, "Clark" <> wrote:

>I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m. It won't even power up, no
>lights or noises. Both the battery and charger give the same indications
>and they have both been checked good.
>
>I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new
>motherboard to power on after a change.
>
>The replacement board is the same type (C3036 or Dell Part C3037) and I am
>using my Processor which is a 1.6Ghz. I would not think the processor would
>be incompatible with the same model number motherboard.
>
>I haven't checked to see if the bios chips can be swapped, but I would
>assume they are soldered on.
>
>Thanks,
>Clark.
>

Thanks folks, I have removed the board and reinstalled it. No changes, but
my old one worked fine when reinstalled. RnR, I am also assuming the board
is bad, just wanted to try all options before returning, since this board is
not that available.

Clark

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news...
> Laptop motherboards are a straight swap. BIOS chips are soldered. I
> generally
> power up a laptop when it is partially assembled, to make sure that the
> major
> connections and connectors are all OK. All you can do is disassemble and
> double-check your work... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:15:43 -0600, "Clark" <> wrote:
>
>>I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m. It won't even power up,
>>no
>>lights or noises. Both the battery and charger give the same indications
>>and they have both been checked good.
>>
>>I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new
>>motherboard to power on after a change.
>>
>>The replacement board is the same type (C3036 or Dell Part C3037) and I am
>>using my Processor which is a 1.6Ghz. I would not think the processor
>>would
>>be incompatible with the same model number motherboard.
>>
>>I haven't checked to see if the bios chips can be swapped, but I would
>>assume they are soldered on.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Clark.
>>

likely cause for failure to boot would be poorly installed processor,
memory, or video and the lights for caps/scroll/num lock would blink as
indicators of this problem. any other component would result in an error
code such as a beep code or error message on the screen. if you don't get
any of these indicators and all the attached components are known to be good
then the board is probably defective.

"Clark" <> wrote in message
news:47d353a5$0$6144$...
> Thanks folks, I have removed the board and reinstalled it. No changes,
> but my old one worked fine when reinstalled. RnR, I am also assuming the
> board is bad, just wanted to try all options before returning, since this
> board is not that available.
>
> Clark
>
> "Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> Laptop motherboards are a straight swap. BIOS chips are soldered. I
>> generally
>> power up a laptop when it is partially assembled, to make sure that the
>> major
>> connections and connectors are all OK. All you can do is disassemble and
>> double-check your work... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:15:43 -0600, "Clark" <> wrote:
>>
>>>I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m. It won't even power up,
>>>no
>>>lights or noises. Both the battery and charger give the same indications
>>>and they have both been checked good.
>>>
>>>I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new
>>>motherboard to power on after a change.
>>>
>>>The replacement board is the same type (C3036 or Dell Part C3037) and I
>>>am
>>>using my Processor which is a 1.6Ghz. I would not think the processor
>>>would
>>>be incompatible with the same model number motherboard.
>>>
>>>I haven't checked to see if the bios chips can be swapped, but I would
>>>assume they are soldered on.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Clark.
>>>
>
>