Soyo Dragon Mobo nightmare!!!!

[galaxybr8]

I bought a Soyo Dragon series mobo off ebay a few days ago, I saw three swollen caps, I replaced the caps with good ones, I thought "Great!"
I hooked the mobo up and powered it up..ok good!! Not good !! No video...I tried three different video cards. still no video..The PS is a 600 watter
the cpu is brand new, the cpu fan spins...No Video..Unfortunately its a jumperless board, so I cant change anything unless I get into the bios
which is impossible without video.....Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..... Thanks , Galaxybr8

PS I did contact the seller and he has refunded my money.. :>)

[wetback]

Re: Soyo Dragon Mobo nightmare!!!!

Skeet shooting?

I had one Soyo 'bar-b-que' inside a case, burned a hole through the board when a cap popped.

I had another fail completely, not even the famed skills of TopCat could save the doomed board. I suggest sticking with Abit...

[Shroomie]

Re: Soyo Dragon Mobo nightmare!!!!

If it's a $15 came-with-the-case 600 watter, it might be the issue. I'd assume it's that the board just decided to crap itself, though.

You can't even reset the CMOS with a jumper? That's usually the first thing I try.