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Dell XPS will not boot - motherboard bad?

Asked by jondrejik in General Computer Systems, Personal Computers

Tags: dell, xps, motherboard

I got a used Dell XPS system with a blue case. It was sold as is w/o any warranty. Got it real cheap. Got it home and plugged it in and all the fans start running the network connection light comes on but don't get anything on the monitor. Reseated all the cards no luck. Replaced the monitor card with a known good one and no luck. Finally noticed there are 5 little lights on the back that I think are for the POST. None of them come on so I figure the mobo is dead. I need help identifying the motherboard and what I could use as a replacement.

Service tag is mangled so no way to read it to get info from Dell. The mobo has some numbers on it. Here they are..

AA-C48095-201
D S/N My-0u2424-19341-37v-00br : C/O MY
The CPU has the following on it:
P4
1.6GHz / 256 / 400 / 1.75v
SC5VH Costa Rica
3142 A221-0847

The CPU socket has this on the plastic: MPGA478B

Appreciate help identifying this board and what other boards I could use as a replacment.

Would also like to know if there is a way to ID if the mobo or cpu is dead since there are no POST lights or beeps

Thanks.
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