Back ground info
GA-K8NS Ultra 939 mother board
I had just plugged in my camera and for some reason the computer?s mouse quit working. I didn?t find this all that strange because both the mouse and camera work on USB. I figured if I rebooted the computer the problem might go away. When I did so the computer other than the mouse not working went through a normal shutdown. However, I had selected restart from the menu, and rather than boot back up the computer did nothing. I then waited a second and hit the power button again, and the computer did nothing.
Today I took it apart and started looking at it. I tested the power supply, and switch that connects to the mother board. Both tested out fine. Also something strange I noticed was that when I used to unplug my computer from the wall and plug it back in every thing was spin up for a fraction of a second. It is no longer doing that while connected to this mother board, but does when connected to others.
Things I have done
1. tested power supply and switch
2. blew out all the dust (with dry air)
3. inspected for any burned up looking components (I was a gone a few days so I might not have smelt it)
4. Removed BIOS battery and shorted the terminals to try to clear any funny memory problem it could be having.
The computer does absolutely nothing when you hit the power button.
My hunch is something burned up that switches on the power supply from the motherboard, but the computer was basically working find when I shut it down so I’m about 99% sure software is not a fault.
questions
Does anyone know if there is a fix to a hardware problem like this Without buying a new mother board? I have a fair amount of experience working on integrated circuits. Tell me where to put the jumper wires and I can a handle it.
What would happen if I hotwired the power supply to turn on while connected to the motherboard? Would it cause damage to the other components like my processor or hard