Motherboard dead?

[joydivision]

I have spare Socket AM2 motherboard. It was in my old system but then I replaced it with an identical one I had spare when it broke as I could not bare to loose my Vista licence I paid £80 for.

I had to replace it because I switched my PC on one morning and I just got a white screen saying Acer on it. I cannot get into the BIOS setup program or anything. I have tried resetting the BIOS, removing the CMOS battery etc. Now I transfered everything to the new motherboard so its not a RAM, HD, Video, Processor issue etc. It has to be the motherboard.

Is there anything I can do with this board or is it dead? I ask because I have an Acer case with a valid COA, I have this acer motherboard (I had two identical systems long story) so I could easily build a nice PC as I have all the spare parts if I could get this motherboard working.

The BIOS is chip is sadly soldered onto the board as far as I know.

[expresstech]

There are some places that do component level repairs for motherboards and such. I am sure it is a skill you could learn and could be a fun project if you don't need it working anytime soon. However, I'm not sure what it would cost to have someone repair it for you.

[joydivision]

There is no point really, and if I buy a motherboard with the same chipset Microsoft are usualy fine about letting yuou keep the product key.

[bagellad]

if its working on the new board then obviously its the old board.. i would just do a windows reinstall on the new one and it should work since its the type type?