mainboard / cpu br0ken?
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26 Oct 2010, 10:13
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I got some prombels with my pc :[
it started the other day, when I was doing nothing but watching a video on youtube. suddenly my monitor went off and the pc did basicly stop doing anything. so I hit the reset button, but nothing happened.
I turned the whole thing off and on again, and it wouldnt even boot. I waited another 10 minutes and then it booted again. that's when I thought it was an overheating problem...
I downloaded pc probe thingy (asus motherboard monitor) and checked all the temperatures, and they were ok. but the pc crashed again and now it won't even boot anymore.
when I hit the power button the pc gets power, the fans all work but it doesnt boot. it doesnt even get to the first beep. monitor stays black :\ yes, that means I can't even access the bios.
what I tried: remove the mainboard battery for 30 minutes, removed ram, cpu, graphic card, checked all wires. but nothing helped and its still the same. what it does though, it gives me the beeps that graphic card was missing if I remove it etc.
sounds like my mainboard was broken, eh?
I googled around a bit but that kinda left me clueless and I guess I'll have to buy new hardware, but I kinda dont see the sense in just buying an older mainboard that I can't upgrade anymore (I need a socket 775)... or spending 300-400 euros for something that's kind of up-to-date.
maybe someone has any idea if that sounds like a mainboard problem at all, or maybe its the cpu? :[
I got some prombels with my pc :[
it started the other day, when I was doing nothing but watching a video on youtube. suddenly my monitor went off and the pc did basicly stop doing anything. so I hit the reset button, but nothing happened.
I turned the whole thing off and on again, and it wouldnt even boot. I waited another 10 minutes and then it booted again. that's when I thought it was an overheating problem...
I downloaded pc probe thingy (asus motherboard monitor) and checked all the temperatures, and they were ok. but the pc crashed again and now it won't even boot anymore.
when I hit the power button the pc gets power, the fans all work but it doesnt boot. it doesnt even get to the first beep. monitor stays black :\ yes, that means I can't even access the bios.
what I tried: remove the mainboard battery for 30 minutes, removed ram, cpu, graphic card, checked all wires. but nothing helped and its still the same. what it does though, it gives me the beeps that graphic card was missing if I remove it etc.
sounds like my mainboard was broken, eh?
I googled around a bit but that kinda left me clueless and I guess I'll have to buy new hardware, but I kinda dont see the sense in just buying an older mainboard that I can't upgrade anymore (I need a socket 775)... or spending 300-400 euros for something that's kind of up-to-date.
maybe someone has any idea if that sounds like a mainboard problem at all, or maybe its the cpu? :[
also power supply could be swapped if you have one around.
ofc CPU could be damaged but thats the worst case scenario.
try unplugging the harddisk and any other devices too, if the PC boots, they could make the sys failing too, had this once, PC wouldn't boot at all, while the harddisk was attached.
and I got no other power supply... the fans and everything still run so at least it doesnt seem like it was broken. didn't check if there is enough voltage coming through though
tried harddisk yet?
power supply (netzteil)?
just buy new one :~>
It might not be the same thing, I guess my problem is kind of rare ;)
But this problem was so annoying I never knew what is the case. Though what I tried was different mobo, different cpu (p4 for s750), different psu - and nothing worked tbh :p
Though sometimes, randomly, it would boot, which only pissed me off even more :D
But bear in mind, it doesn't have to be gpu, I don't want to be blamed afterwards ;) I'm still not sure the reason ;)
the graphic card... I bought a new mainboard, cpu + ram (wanted to upgrade a bit anyway), installed everything, same result, nothing happened.
hit the store, got a new g-card et voila! it works x)
Thanks for the info, I'm now even more convinced that this only graphics :p I wasn't sure whether my mobo slots were broken as well or something ^^
Too bad I was changing job recently, and my previous boss doesn't seen to be going to pay me my last month earnings :(
oh snap
Just look the label. Bad PSU will kill your hardware.
And further, there is many socket 775 stuff second hand.
So if you search good you should be able to find a motherboard atleast. ( P35 / X38 / P45 / X48 motherboard ) around 30~60 euro depending on chipset/board. Just make sure the board you will buy have a bios that will support the E8400, in case of P35/X38 chipset.
I would start with finding another motherboard if you are sure that motherboard or cpu is the problem. A processor wont die suddenly.
But you can also buy new stuff if you can afford it.
Also with Asus P5 Deluxe MB.. ;)