Build gone bad

I got a cheap VB-601 for a know working Slot1 PIII500. I actually put the
power supply cable in basackwards. I didn't think it would fit. I didn't
push very hard. But it went in...I Fired it up and *snap*, something
popped. I unplugged and redid the power supply cable to the mobo and it
fires up. OK...I'm in the bios making a few changes, detecting HD and such.
I save and restart and nothing....Fans run and HD spins but that's all.
Resetting the CMOS switch seems to have no effect.

Why did it even start in the first place?

neopolaris

Thanks Robert. I am wondering if the CPU is dead. Considering that the
machine started up once makes me think just the board died. A pop/snap sound
that loud, well I can't imagine a CPU starting up after that. I don't have
either components to test against to see. The mobo can still be had for
$16. The memory is working fine in another machine. Do you think it's
worth it to get another board?

neopolaris
"Robert Akins" <> wrote in message
news:HDW_a.11151$...
> Oops, sorry to hear that. It may have held together just long enough to
> come up once... the pop may have been a cap, a resistor, or it could have
> been an IC. Hope the CPU didn't buy it. Lessons sometimes are hard to
> learn.
> Robert
> "neopolaris" <.> wrote in message
news:...
> > I got a cheap VB-601 for a know working Slot1 PIII500. I actually put
the
> > power supply cable in basackwards. I didn't think it would fit. I
didn't
> > push very hard. But it went in...I Fired it up and *snap*, something
> > popped. I unplugged and redid the power supply cable to the mobo and it
> > fires up. OK...I'm in the bios making a few changes, detecting HD and
> such.
> > I save and restart and nothing....Fans run and HD spins but that's all.
> > Resetting the CMOS switch seems to have no effect.
> >
> > Why did it even start in the first place?
> >
> > neopolaris
> >
> >
> >
>
>

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:38:39 -0400, "neopolaris" <.> wrote:

>I got a cheap VB-601 for a know working Slot1 PIII500. I actually put the
>power supply cable in basackwards. I didn't think it would fit. I didn't
>push very hard. But it went in...I Fired it up and *snap*, something
>popped. I unplugged and redid the power supply cable to the mobo and it
>fires up. OK...I'm in the bios making a few changes, detecting HD and such.
>I save and restart and nothing....Fans run and HD spins but that's all.
>Resetting the CMOS switch seems to have no effect.
>
>Why did it even start in the first place?
>
>neopolaris
>
>

Pure, blind, dumb luck.
Raymond Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
607-733-5745
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000

CPU is dead too. $16. Lesson learned.
"neopolaris" <.> wrote in message news:...
> Thanks Robert. I am wondering if the CPU is dead. Considering that the
> machine started up once makes me think just the board died. A pop/snap
sound
> that loud, well I can't imagine a CPU starting up after that. I don't
have
> either components to test against to see. The mobo can still be had for
> $16. The memory is working fine in another machine. Do you think it's
> worth it to get another board?
>
> neopolaris
> "Robert Akins" <> wrote in message
> news:HDW_a.11151$...
> > Oops, sorry to hear that. It may have held together just long enough to
> > come up once... the pop may have been a cap, a resistor, or it could
have
> > been an IC. Hope the CPU didn't buy it. Lessons sometimes are hard to
> > learn.
> > Robert
> > "neopolaris" <.> wrote in message
> news:...
> > > I got a cheap VB-601 for a know working Slot1 PIII500. I actually put
> the
> > > power supply cable in basackwards. I didn't think it would fit. I
> didn't
> > > push very hard. But it went in...I Fired it up and *snap*, something
> > > popped. I unplugged and redid the power supply cable to the mobo and
it
> > > fires up. OK...I'm in the bios making a few changes, detecting HD and
> > such.
> > > I save and restart and nothing....Fans run and HD spins but that's
all.
> > > Resetting the CMOS switch seems to have no effect.
> > >
> > > Why did it even start in the first place?
> > >
> > > neopolaris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>