ashleyb1969

Hi thanks for the responses, the reason it went was that somehow the psu was switched to 115v or whatever the lower voltage was, I wasn't getting power from a new psu and thought I'd hook up an old one to see if I could narrow down the problem, didn't realise there was a switch on the back, somehow in storage the switch has been moved across(should of checked). I have a fairly good understanding as I built much of the system, I have a copy of the os so could remove any data I need from the hard drive and start again with the new setup. The system is in a standard sized case so I don't mind what size the replacement motherboard would be. I have the following which I would hope to move across to a replacement board all being well, 2xddr3 memory units Hard drives(weren't attached at the time of problem) Radeon video card Psu I understand that a new setup would be the best but the system isn't very old so would like to salvage what I can if I can. Basically I've decided that if I get a new motherboard which accepts my athlon 11 x3 but with the capability of more then if the processor doesn't work I can buy a new one and anything else needed. Any thoughts/advice especially on a new motherboard would be much appreciated. Thanks again

Firstly thanks for the swift response. I tried with another power supply and there was no action. The pop definately came from the motherboard, i'm pretty certain it's the fuse(s) but my knowledge is limited, i have searched for a diagram showing exactly what the fuse would look like but it looks like one to me. The most obvious one is just to the right of the graphics card near the edge of the board, it is labelled as follows D3 D2 I will try and get a photo in the daylight as the flash is blinding. The motherboard is a foxconn A6GMV (http://www.manualowl.com/m/Foxconn/A6GMV/Manual/297408) thanks again

Pretty sure i've blown the fuse(s) on my motherboard (popping sound) my fault. I'm assuming its probably not worth keeping the motherboard but is the ram, cpu, graphics card etc likely to be ok to use on another board? thanks