How do you know if a motherboard is hosed?

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Mr. Jingles

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I tried changing the heatsink on my videocard... everything went according to plan until I tried booting up. The computer started fine, all the fans were spinning, the lights went on & I could hear the HD & CD roms. The only problem.. the monitor stayed in the power-save mode as if it wasn't plugged into the comp. I made sure everything was hooked up 10 times over, I tried a new videocard & the fan was spinning on it so I'd assume it was working fine.. I even tried a new monitor. There was no beeping.. the computer itself booted with the same sounds that it normally boots with.

So..
a) With the symptoms I mentioned, does it sound like the motherboard could be the problem (perhaps I killed it with esd)?
b) Is there a way of finding out if a motherboard is hosed?
c) Wouldn't all the components not start up if the motherboard was bad?
d) Anyone know what could be wrong with my comp? Could a cmos reset help at all?

My comp.. forgot the exacts but...
asus mobo
2 8800's (just added Accelero heatsink on 1 of them before problem began)
- I tried the other 8800 by itself after the problem.. then the original by itself. Neither worked.
4gb ram
amd6000
 
Sounds to me like your motherboard is not working correctly and likely needs to be replaced. Any other opinions from anyone else?
 
Yeah, it sounds to me like the motherboard could be fried. You said you could hear the hard drive working. Does this only happen at start up? If it is the motherboard, most likely, the hard drive will be sounded for about the first 3 seconds of start up, then nothing else after that.
And yes, apparently, fans and lights can still be working, even if it's the mobo. Also, the screen not showing up is another sign of a non-working mobo.
 
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