Mobo Fried?

[Thats_Fantastic]

A couple days ago I came home after a power outage to find that my computer wont turn on. When I was out the power had gone off but by the time I returned it was back on. I have the computer plugged into a surge protector also. Ive tried resetting the CMOS, removing the mobo battery, reseating the ram, and ive turning it on with each component individually. Ive tested the PSU by unplugging everything except my case fans and jumping the 24pin green wire to black wire and the case fans + Psu fans do start spinning up.

This has happened to me before several times, but each time reseating the RAM did the trick. Is there a way to tell if a mobo is fried without using a multimeter or expensive tools?

 

[munkle]

I would try a different psu if you have one, I have seen them still power on the fans but be bad. Did you have it on a good surge protector or a cheap one? Some of the cheap ones don't work all that well and a surge may have got your pc.

 

[alexanderv]

Ok, start psu with green/black trick. Take a multimeter, check the voltage ( 5red, 3.3orange,12yellow ). If you don't have an measurement tool, take apart the power source, see if it's something baked in there. If this passes the inspection, it's a mb issue. Remove the mb from the case, look for any fried part, resistor, etc.