HELP! Motherboard Fried or PS Dead ?

[DocYahoo]

I did something very stupid, so I need some expert help:

For some odd reason, my computer alway gets stuck before loading the OS (I mean, nothing will make it move on), so while it was one, I pluged the 4-pin power plug into a CD-ROM drive (it was powered before). And just as soon as I did that, my computer shutted off.

Now, when ever I press the power-on button, nothing will happen.

Did I fry the motherboard (I didn't see sparks, etc)? or is the power supply gone? How can I tell the difference?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Greaser]

I did this to a hard drive before (Pulled the ps plug out of it while on ) and it died from that minute on. From the sound's of it, it seem's you have a bad power supply unit.

 

[DocYahoo]

Is there any way for sure I can test and make sure it's the PS that's dead? I mean PS failure is better than deep frying my MB.

 

[mitso]

Unplug the connector from the mobo. Put a jumper between pin 14 & 15. If the ps is good it should startup. Pin 14 is usually green and 15 is black. To get
oriented, pins 1,2, and 11 are orange.

 

[DocYahoo]

mitso:

Which jumpers are you talking about? I have the Abit KT7-RAID Motherboard.

Thanks.

 

[Tripleshot]

My KA7 athlon700 system thats beencracking RC5 non stop for over 6 months just died. The HDD light comes on on startup but thats it. Cdrom does not operate,no video,no post tones or beeps.grrrrr.:| I hate fixing my own stuff.

Misery loves company

 

[arthurb1]

He's takling about the power connector that goes from the PS to the mobo...try that, and even then, take that Abit back...people on this board have a love hate thing going with Abit. Ask Russ I know this is not representative of all Abits, but I have had 2 each of those MB's die on me two of the RAID board, and two of the non RAID version tech support calls for an RMA went unanswered all four times, those MB's were ly put in as a user request (I build for friends).

 

[DocYahoo]

Thanks to many people's suggestion of connection the green and white plug. I guess by connecting the two, it resetted the jumbers/breakers in the PS. And it worked.

Thanks a lot guys.

arthurb1: should I still take the Abit back now that I know it's the PS's problem?

 

[Ejunior2]

I'm having a similar problem with my MSI MB in a new system. Everything worked fine for about 20 minutes and then the power just when dead. Nothing I do gets the PS to start up. I can't tell if its the MB or SP either.