[GTALUG] [OT] Dead motherboard or dead CPU?

[Kevin Cozens]

On 22/11/2014 7:23 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Well short of swapping parts it can be hard to determine the problem.
> Could be motherboard, power supply, CPU, ram, video card (if not onboard).

I realized that. I was hoping somone who builds/repairs computers on a 
regular basis would comment on the chances that a Core 2 Duo chip failed vs. 
the motherboard failing. I've ordered a replacement CPU that isn't costing 
me much $. If that doesn't get the machine booting it is a MB failure. 
Possibly the common issue with bad caps (although none are obviously bad)? 
Caps can be replaced more easily than the replacing the MB. I'll see what 
happens after I can swap the CPU.

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