Any advice would be appreciated:
I recently got a new video card (Sapphire Radeon 9800np) which worked fine (with a few extra crashes) in my old computer. To be on the safe side, I thought I'd upgrade my Antec 300w power supply, and so purchased an Enlight 420w. Today I put it in, hooked everything up and when I hit the power button -- nothing. I checked all the cables and connections and still nothing. So I put the old power supply back in -- now that won't turn it on either.
So -- did I short out the motherboard (an Iwill KK266 with Athlon 1333)? How can I tell for sure? The Enlight did get warm when plugged in. When the power supply (either one) is plugged in and I plug in the motherboard, there is an electrical clicking noise, so something is happening. I checked all the cables, including the power button from the case to the motherboard, and everything seems fine. The load on the supply is not that great -- just 1 HD, 1 CDR, 1 DVD, on board sound, a couple of fans.
Other than mixing and matching components with another computer, is there some way to figure out what has failed? Thanks for any suggestions
I recently got a new video card (Sapphire Radeon 9800np) which worked fine (with a few extra crashes) in my old computer. To be on the safe side, I thought I'd upgrade my Antec 300w power supply, and so purchased an Enlight 420w. Today I put it in, hooked everything up and when I hit the power button -- nothing. I checked all the cables and connections and still nothing. So I put the old power supply back in -- now that won't turn it on either.
So -- did I short out the motherboard (an Iwill KK266 with Athlon 1333)? How can I tell for sure? The Enlight did get warm when plugged in. When the power supply (either one) is plugged in and I plug in the motherboard, there is an electrical clicking noise, so something is happening. I checked all the cables, including the power button from the case to the motherboard, and everything seems fine. The load on the supply is not that great -- just 1 HD, 1 CDR, 1 DVD, on board sound, a couple of fans.
Other than mixing and matching components with another computer, is there some way to figure out what has failed? Thanks for any suggestions