Arrgghhh, is my computer dead?

[GagHalfrunt2]

Machine: Athlon XP1700+ Shuttle AN35 Nforce2 mobo, 512MB RAM, single 120GB drive on IDE 1, 2 optical drives on IDE 2.

Been operating fine for months and have not changed settings recently. Playing a game and everything crashed, machine goes into reboot. Boot process, shows BIOS version, correctly ID's processor and passes memory check. At that point everything hangs. It won't show the IDE channels and the drives or complete the boot sequence.

Unplugged everything, reconnected everything and cleared CMOS. Same thing happens, boot starts, IDs motherboard and CPU, passes memory check and comes to a halt. Unplug IDE 2, same result. Unplug IDE 1, same result. The system refuses to go past thte point where it should be identifying the IDE channels. Also refuses to allow me into the BIOS. If I hit DEL before the point where it hangs I'll get the "Entering Startup" message and then it'll hang.

Also no go on booting from a DOS disk.

Any ideas?

 

[amdskip]

What power supply are you using? $10 it is your problem.

 

[Laputa]

Could be a PS, but could be a bad MB. Best way is to try to power it up with another PS without anything else. Then you know.

 

[GagHalfrunt2]

Originally posted by: amdskip
What power supply are you using? $10 it is your problem.

$10 cash or paypal? It's a fairly new 400W Antec. I swapped it out with a 400W CoolMax and it hangs in exactly the same place. Guess it's the motherboard.