MEW rev 1.06 power/boot prob.

[Paperbag Writer]

I have rescued a PC from the skip at work, it is a Asus MEW mobo, rev 1.06
and it was fully functional apart from a corrupt OS install (amazing what
these lazy engineers will chuck away rather than repair). It came in a big
nuke proof industrial rack case so I have swapped it all into an ATX tower
case with a 350W psu. I know the machine was working in the old case as I
re-formated and re-installed windows before transplanting it. The tower
case itself was home to my main system only a week before so I am pretty
confident the PSU is good in that too. The problem is that the thing is
dead, it wont boot at all. The green STB_PWR LED on the board iluminates
very briefly when I first flick the power switch on the back of the PSU but
pressing the power button on the front of the case does nothing. I have
downloaded the manual for the MOBO and double checked all the jumpers etc
and all the front panel controls & LEDS are connected properly. I have
binned the rack case so I can't put it back in there to try. So, have I
missed something silly?
Thanks for reading.
P.

 

[Ohaya]

I have rescued a PC from the skip at work, it is a Asus MEW mobo, rev 1.06
and it was fully functional apart from a corrupt OS install (amazing what
these lazy engineers will chuck away rather than repair). It came in a big
nuke proof industrial rack case so I have swapped it all into an ATX tower
case with a 350W psu. I know the machine was working in the old case as I
re-formated and re-installed windows before transplanting it. The tower
case itself was home to my main system only a week before so I am pretty
confident the PSU is good in that too. The problem is that the thing is
dead, it wont boot at all. The green STB_PWR LED on the board iluminates
very briefly when I first flick the power switch on the back of the PSU but
pressing the power button on the front of the case does nothing. I have
downloaded the manual for the MOBO and double checked all the jumpers etc
and all the front panel controls & LEDS are connected properly. I have
binned the rack case so I can't put it back in there to try. So, have I
missed something silly?
Thanks for reading.
P.

Just a couple of thoughts...

1) Is it possible the power connector on the motherboard is not a "standard"
ATX power connector?

2) Was there some kind of cabinet intrusion capability enabled when the
motherboard was in the original case?

 

[Jelle Pultrum]

I have rescued a PC from the skip at work, it is a Asus MEW mobo, rev 1.06
and it was fully functional apart from a corrupt OS install (amazing what
these lazy engineers will chuck away rather than repair). It came in a big
nuke proof industrial rack case so I have swapped it all into an ATX tower
case with a 350W psu. I know the machine was working in the old case as I
re-formated and re-installed windows before transplanting it. The tower
case itself was home to my main system only a week before so I am pretty
confident the PSU is good in that too. The problem is that the thing is
dead, it wont boot at all. The green STB_PWR LED on the board iluminates
very briefly when I first flick the power switch on the back of the PSU but
pressing the power button on the front of the case does nothing. I have
downloaded the manual for the MOBO and double checked all the jumpers etc
and all the front panel controls & LEDS are connected properly. I have
binned the rack case so I can't put it back in there to try. So, have I
missed something silly?
Thanks for reading.

Check the cpu battery sometimes its dead and pc wont boot .
Just an idea and worth checking.
New battery aint the costs/

Worth trying.

Pullie-1

 

[Jelle Pultrum]

I have rescued a PC from the skip at work, it is a Asus MEW mobo, rev 1.06
and it was fully functional apart from a corrupt OS install (amazing what
these lazy engineers will chuck away rather than repair). It came in a big
nuke proof industrial rack case so I have swapped it all into an ATX tower
case with a 350W psu. I know the machine was working in the old case as I
re-formated and re-installed windows before transplanting it. The tower
case itself was home to my main system only a week before so I am pretty
confident the PSU is good in that too. The problem is that the thing is
dead, it wont boot at all. The green STB_PWR LED on the board iluminates
very briefly when I first flick the power switch on the back of the PSU but
pressing the power button on the front of the case does nothing. I have
downloaded the manual for the MOBO and double checked all the jumpers etc
and all the front panel controls & LEDS are connected properly. I have
binned the rack case so I can't put it back in there to try. So, have I
missed something silly?
Thanks for reading.

Check the cpu battery sometimes its dead and pc wont boot .
Just an idea and worth checking.
New battery aint the costs/

Worth trying.

Pullie-1

 

[Paperbag Writer]

Just a couple of thoughts...

1) Is it possible the power connector on the motherboard is not a
"standard" ATX power connector?

2) Was there some kind of cabinet intrusion capability enabled when
the motherboard was in the original case?

Thanks, great sugestions but I'm still no nearer to sorting it out.
Comparing the pin out of the ATX connector as shown in the manual I
downloaded, it would appear to be standard. I assume I have an ordinary MEW
board, if it is different then there is nothing to say it is, it has the
standard model number markings on it.
There is intrusion detection on the board but it wasn't used in the old
case and the link is in place across the pins.
I will keep on trying to sort it and report back here if I get anywhere.
Thanks again.
P.

 

[Roger Eastaff]

Check the cpu battery sometimes its dead and pc wont boot .
Just an idea and worth checking.
New battery aint the costs/

Worth trying.

Pullie-1

Thanks,
I'll give that a go if I can find a new battery.
P.