My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

[Cory_S.]

This sucks.I swear theres a cosmic joker that thinks this its just hilarious to mess up my pc(s).Almost exactly one year ago I had an hp completely crap out on me and shortly after I bought this dell from some crook.Every time I get some spending money,something screws up or I get a ticket or something and it looks like its happening yet again.

I replaced the only obvious bad cap(by agp slot) and it didnt make a difference,same problem.No video,no post,amber b on the diagnostics panel,green power led,yellow mobo led and the psu and cpu fans are running.Ive tried everything.Swapping,removing,reseting,reseating and inspecting the mobo(no residue from heat,no odor,burns or broken solder joints).

I was hoping maybe someone here might have had this problem or maybe know what the problem is,be it more bad caps or a fried mobo.I have a hard time letting things go if I think they can be fixed,its kind of against my religion.

Just tell me my board is fried and ill leave you all alone

[Rulycat]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

What board is it and what caps are on it?

[kc8adu]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

it would help to know what these boards are and have pics.
hp and dell are too vague

[Cory_S.]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Sorry I got up late and I've been busy.

The large capacitors are rubycon mcz and some are mbz.The smaller ones,im not sure what the are,it has an R inside of a square and an on the opposite side some have an ZA and some have a ZL.

This is the small desktop gx270 by the way.

EDIT:Theres also another label on there.Foxcon LS-36

[kc8adu]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

looks like a burnt southbridge.

[seanc]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

looks like a burnt southbridge.

Yep and they usually stink when they let out the magic smoke.

[Cory_S.]

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Yeah it probably is,from what I just read that sounds right.

I was hoping I wouldnt have to hear that but I kind of expected it,it happens.On the plus side,I do have enough parts to build a couple pc's,I just need a couple (new)motherboards.

Thanks a lot everybody,at least now I can leave it be knowing theres nothing I can do about it.

And thanks to Topcat for the site and services offered.

[seanc]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

I take it the black spot we can see on the southbridge isn't dirt... if so, then a new board is required.

[Cory_S.]

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Yep,it doesnt come off.I saw that but never thought anything of it,I would have expected something more obvious.

[kc8adu]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

check your power supply if that is indeed a burn on the sb.
otherwise something plugged into usb did it.i used a recapped 270 board for a testbed for a long time and it went t/u one day when i plugged a bum flash drive in.stunk and left a spot on the sb.
odd to see a 270 board without the caps popped.if you want to save this box holler.i may have an extra on the shelf.

[Wizard]

Re: My project didnt work.Any suggestions?

Replace power supply (standard quality ATX PSU will work like seasonic, silverstone etc,) and another dell mainboard (from ebay).

The southbridge blew out because of bad standby supply circuit in the PSU.

Cheers, Wizard

[Cory_S.]

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Yeah I wanted to get rid of that power supply anyway.It seems to me that with 8 usb ports it should have better than a 200w output.

Its strange,I had absolutely no problems with it then all of the sudden it blows a capacitor and the southbridge gets cooked.Thats my luck though,I have plenty experience with software and hadware(aside from motherboards,I can diagnose and fix anything,my os was squeaky clean,uber snappy and locked down like fort knox but no,I get hit with a critical system board failure.

:rant:

I think shaun might have thrown me a trick question,maybe not.I pm'ed him but he hasnt replied yet.I just figured if I could get it cheap and fast,who cares,it was cheap.He has a reputation to uphold here so I dont think he would screw me over.

[cookieCAM]

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(My Dad Had) A mobo that was fried from a bad PS.
So I was bored and took every cap, every RAM,Heatsync + More

Good Times.....Good Times

[Uranium-235]

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Corey, did the cap you put on it pop?

I hate to say it, but that might be the reason why. I see the cap next to the agp slot. Dells are marked backwards from most electronics. You actually put the cap in backwards, cause the board marking has the positive side highlighted, instead of negative. and the cap has the negative side highlighted, its a common mistake

I did the same thing on 3 caps next to the cpu on a 270 also. I posted here and these fine people are the ones who told me dells are backwards. as are asus and some other brands. just something to keep in mind