On Wednesday 19 March 2008 8:41:52 am Grant wrote:
> A Gentoo desktop of mine won't turn on anymore. I was hoping it was
> the power supply but I've installed a new one which doesn't fix the
> problem. Is there a sure way to know if the motherboard needs
> replacement or if I have two dead power supplies?
>
> - Grant

Quite possibly your cpu and/or cooling fan. To test this...pull your current
units out, hook-up a known good fan (without any cpu) and apply power.
If the fan spins, you've isolated your problem.

-jm
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