computer problems

[zogas]

hi guys

so my uncle friend had corrupt xp os so he took to reformat it all went well the instalation went well so only thing that went wrong was the drivers its a winfast mobo(first time ive ever heard of that brand)so he took it in to a pc shop in there are to download the drivers for him(as he doesnt heve internet nor the driver disk)so a week past and he went in to seewhat happened the techies said the thing doesnt even wanna boot and that they dont know whta is wrong,so he gave me a call to try and fix as he doesnt wana go buying hes mate a new pc

pc specs

winfast board is a amd board looks like a am2 board cant tell(not too clued up about amd)
cpu could be a atlon
2x512mb ddr2 800mhz
geforce 8400gs
1 ide 80gb
2ide dvd writer



what i did so far reset the bios still didnt boot
removed the gpu ran off onboard didnt boot
removed the ram one by one and tested them one by one didnt boot
put in a working 1gb dd2 ram module didnt work
removed psu tried a working psu no boot


can i safely say the board is fried?or can one of you ultimate nerds help me?

any suggestions?

many thanks!

 

[froot]

Winfast used to make graphics cards and motherboards back in the day.

It sounds like the mobo is fried.... any lights come on when you plug everything in?

 

[zogas]

not on the board case power led and hdd are working fine...so i have a spare 775 board and cpu should i just test the gpu ram and hdd.....and if they are working tell him to go fork out for 775 board andi have a spare celeron 1.8ghz 430 to give him(i feel bad for him and this pc is just for general movie watching and dvd copying nothing hectic)but il give the board another try tonight

 

[Karel]

I know this sounds crazy but has worked in the past on an ecs board. replace the bios battery they should be the same on most boards cr232 or cr235 are the common ones

 

[zogas]

okay il give the baterry a try thanks!

 

[GuileX]

Winfast is Leadtek. Winfast is not a brand name it's a model name.

Leadtek still makes Graphics Cards

www.leadtek.com