2 brand mobo fry?

[DavidTan]

yesterday, I got an p4 ecs mobo, it wouldn't boot at my home,but it boot at frys when the technical guy did it. I took it home, it didn't bootup. He even put the correct setting and told me just to put everything together. I did, turn the power on and i smell a weird smell coming from my mobo, so I shut it off and took to fry to return it and got a abit mobo and another ecs mobo. I came home and smell the same smell when I turn the power on. the power was on, but no bootup to bio. The monitor did detect the video card. I dunno what wrong with it. I'm scare to test out my another ecs mobo. I have no idea what is going on.. is it my powersupply or my jumping setting. I'm hooking up another syste for myself since the other 1 I had die on me. It a xp 2200+ abit mobo and ecs mobo. Please help! thanks

 

[fell8]

PS is always worth a check. Too many possibiliies--vid, mem, CPU, drives, etc., but the MB was proven to work (at Fry's), better start testing components. Maybe the mounting in the case is the problem, better check for errant contact that may cause a short. Good luck!

 

[GLudlow]

The smell could also be coming from your power supply. When you installed it, did you hook up the PC speaker? If there's an error with CPU, memory or video, it should beep the apprpriate pattern.

I really doubt it's your jumper settings. Most motherboards now are jumpered correctly by default, and you set them up in the bios.

 

[Zepper]

May also be a short. Try connecting the mobo outside of the case and see if it works. If necessary, take everything out of your case and
connect it together on a table - use a small stack of old newspapers under your mobo and drives. If that works, then take a clean magnifying glass and look all around
the mobo mountings, both on the mobo and the case and back plate - anywhere the mobo comes near metal - for smoke, carbon or weld marks - any signs of heat. If you find any, you will need to figure a way to insulate at that point.
.bh.
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