When you turn it on, do you get any white text appearing on a black
screen.
If so, this should display how much memory the motherboard bios
detects and what hard drive/s it detects.
If you are getting this info, then the motherboard is probably OK.

On 24 Oct 2006 03:25:05 -0700, Davidcollins001@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am new to this forum so please be kind when I ask a silly question.
>
>I have just gotten a new (old) computer that my work was throwing out.
>I was working fine until I started to play with it. I also have my
>brothers old hard drive from a computer that died, so last night I
>thought I would plug the hard drive from my brothers computer into my
>new computer. I thought it was straight forward so I just plugged it
>into one of the IDE cables that was in the middle of the cable running
>to the new computers hard drive, and I plugged power in (I didn't
>realise to set master and slave). I booted up and noticed that I had a
>boot error. Because I was doing other things and the computer didn't
>sound like the jet like it usually does because it hadn't booted at all
>I didn't think and pulled the IDE cable out of my brothers hard drive,
>I heard a small kind of pop sound when I pulled the cable out, then I
>realised that I hadn't switched the power to the system off. I know
>this is a stupid thing to do, but I didn't think at all. Now when I
>switch the computer on, with the same setup as when I first got it, I
>hear a click but don't get anything else happening.
>
>Have I completely killed this computer, did I kill the motherboard
>because I pulled the IDE cable out with the system on, or is the power
>supply broken? Is there anything that I can do to salvage any of it if
>I have blown the motherboard? It has dual processors and a lot of ram
>and I don't want to just throw it away. I am really annoyed with myself
>because it was a decent computer that I was going to use for learning!
>
>Thanks