I've been asked to find out what's wrong with and fix computer that suddenly stopped working after two years of service. The computer has only a 160W power supply, which is supposedly inadequate for a 1.4GHz AMD system. So far, it seems the motherboard is dead (no beeps when powered up, even when I tested it with a 300W power supply). But this computer has been working for 2 years. Can a small power supply kill a motherboard over time? Or for that matter, could it have killed the CPU over that time?
The system:
Biostar MTVKD-ACAXB v1.0 motherboard (Socket A 133 MHz board using SDRAM)
AMD 1.4GHz Duron CPU
256MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI All-In-Wonder Video Radeon 32M
1 WD hard drive
1 CDRW drive
1 PCTel PCI modem
1 NE2000 16b ISA NIC
on-board AC97 audio
The system:
Biostar MTVKD-ACAXB v1.0 motherboard (Socket A 133 MHz board using SDRAM)
AMD 1.4GHz Duron CPU
256MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI All-In-Wonder Video Radeon 32M
1 WD hard drive
1 CDRW drive
1 PCTel PCI modem
1 NE2000 16b ISA NIC
on-board AC97 audio
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