Question My motherboard wont turn on

[jeanviery1314]

Today, i bought a motherboard (Asus H61M-C). I'm going to test it without a Processor and RAM. But, when i test it, the motherboard turn on by itself, then the fan spinning for 1 second then the fan stop spinning. I can't turn on my motherboard with the Power Switch (the switch is fine, ive test it with ohm meter). But the motherboard Light (Green LED Indicator) is turn on. Is my motherboard is broken or it was the motherboard design to protect itself? (Sorry for bad English)

 

[CountMike]

Today, i bought a motherboard (Asus H61M-C). I'm going to test it without a Processor and RAM. But, when i test it, the motherboard turn on by itself, then the fan spinning for 1 second then the fan stop spinning. I can't turn on my motherboard with the Power Switch (the switch is fine, ive test it with ohm meter). But the motherboard Light (Green LED Indicator) is turn on. Is my motherboard is broken or it was the motherboard design to protect itself? (Sorry for bad English)

Well what the heck did you expect it to do, to sing and dance ???? Most everything is controlled by CPU and it needs RAM to do anything because it's doing things in RAM. Some, more expensive and newer ones have a small CPU built in, just enough to run BIOS update.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

As long as you see power going to the board it should be fine.

 

[CountMike]

As long as you see power going to the board it should be fine.

No, it shouldn't, so many circuits are not even energized without main components like CPU.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

No, it shouldn't, so many circuits are not even energized without main components like CPU.

He doesn't know if this is a common thing for the motherboard to do nothing when there is no cpu and ram installed. He wants to know if this is normal or if it is broken.

 

[CountMike]

He doesn't know if this is a common thing for the motherboard to do nothing when there is no cpu and ram installed. He wants to know if this is normal or if it is broken.

Pa normal although some don't do even that much. This is as much as one can expect although proves nothing.