CompTIA
220-301 · Question #1554
An A+ Certified Technician determines that an ATX system that does not power up is connected to a known good power source. There is no fan activity and the drives do not spin up. The system has no…
The correct answer is B. disconnect all ribbon cables and remove all adapter boards. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An A+ Certified Technician determines that an ATX system that does not power up is connected to a known good power source. There is no fan activity and the drives do not spin up. The system has no video and appears to be dead, although there is a LED on the system board that is lit. What is the NEXT logical step to take?
Options
- Aremove the CPU and RAM
- Bdisconnect all ribbon cables and remove all adapter boards
- Creplace the on-board video chip
- Dmake sure that the power supply is unplugged from the system board
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A3% (1)
- B76% (25)
- C9% (3)
- D12% (4)
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