I helped my cousin install a fresh copy of Windows XP on his computer, everything was working fine. Then he plugged in his USB flash drive and the whole system crashed. It was from Japan, and it has only the slot for data and none for the ground...so it is super thin.
Now after booting up, there is no BIOS beep, no video, no POST.
I've tried:
-Pluggin only necessary items
-Jumper resets
-Swapping CMOS Batteries with my working one
-Swapping PSU with my working one
-Booting with different RAM in different slots, and then with no RAM at all
Haven't tried swapping vid cards, but at this point I'm coming to the conclusion that motherboard is dead.
I can't swap CPU chips because mine is different, so I'm not sure if it's dead or not either.
Is there any surefire ways to determine if the mobo/cpu are gone for good?
Also, how can a USB flash drive kill the motherboard (if that is the case) ?
Thanks
Now after booting up, there is no BIOS beep, no video, no POST.
I've tried:
-Pluggin only necessary items
-Jumper resets
-Swapping CMOS Batteries with my working one
-Swapping PSU with my working one
-Booting with different RAM in different slots, and then with no RAM at all
Haven't tried swapping vid cards, but at this point I'm coming to the conclusion that motherboard is dead.
I can't swap CPU chips because mine is different, so I'm not sure if it's dead or not either.
Is there any surefire ways to determine if the mobo/cpu are gone for good?
Also, how can a USB flash drive kill the motherboard (if that is the case) ?
Thanks
