On Tuesday, October 08, 2013 3:43:49 PM Hal Cohen wrote:

After all that you have done, you should probably look at the CPU.  They do 
fail, although not often.


Hal 



My reply. (Again, Kmail isn't giving me the ">" characters)


Regarding the CPU, is there anything I can do other than to buy a new 
one? (I can't test it in my other AMD-based PC due to incompatible socket).

The AMD Phenom II X2 is selling for $65 on Newegg now. It's probably more 
likely that I have one bad CPU than two bad mobos.

I'd gamble another $65 if I could be convinced that a dead CPU would 
cause the symptoms I saw on the original mobo such as the dead LED 2-
digit display that shows BIOS-POST-code and system temperature. It seems 
to me that the CPU fan should still spin even if the CPU is dead.
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