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336731 2005-03-22 05:52:00 hi,i just built a new pc about a week ago,and now iam having some problems with it.the motherboard iam using is www.pcchipsusa.com , with a amd athlon 1.5ghz cpu.atlas precision 256mb ram.it was running good up until i started getting random crashes"blue screen"so i tryed a different hd.that worked for a while,then it happened again.after i tryed to restart it,the pc would keep restarting by itself.it also doesnt show any bios info on the screen.i tryed using a different monitor,but nothing.does it sound like the mobo is fried?anyone else have this problem?maybe i should try using a pci video card,instead of onboard.thanks kevincadogan (7672)
336732 2005-03-22 06:01:00 You might want to try swapping your RAM with another stick first.
If that doesn't fix it, then yeah, I would suspect the mobo

As far as the BIOS is concerned, have a look in motherboard manual, it may have the reason in there for it not showing
Myth (110)
336733 2005-03-22 10:59:00 Its an awful MB. pctek (84)
336734 2005-03-22 11:16:00 Prob not related but try to pull out other drives but the hdd and see if it works.

My old PC, 200Mhz did this until I pulled the CD ROM out and it booted ok. Before the hdd would not spin and it just kept restarting not getting into via bios check.
Nomad (952)
336735 2005-03-22 11:35:00 i would be checking your power supply.
what brand/model/wattage is it?
tweak'e (69)
336736 2005-03-22 11:41:00 Can you provide any detail of the blue screens or other error messages. This info may give a pointer to the problem, without it all we can give is supposition. ie; any of the above advice could be correct or, all of it could be wrong. Murray P (44)
336737 2005-03-22 12:43:00 hi,iam using a brand new antec case.has more than enough power iam guessing to run it.ill try a different ps though.iam not too sure about the error,but i believe it was a page fault or something.iam getting new kingston ram today,so ill check that out.i heard pretty bad stuff about that ap ram.ill let u know if i get it fixed later on today.thanks kevincadogan (7672)
336738 2005-03-22 19:42:00 hi,iam still waiting for the ram,but i tried a new ps,and it did the same thing.iam starting to think its just the motherboard by the way it starts.sounds like the hd loses power for a second,then clicks,and starts up again.i hope i can still use my cpu,and its not fried.if i cant get it working by today,then iam just going to find a different motherboard.any suggestions on a good socket a motherboard? kevincadogan (7672)
336739 2005-03-22 21:39:00 just got the ram in.tryed it and..........nothing.guess its the motherboard.time to start looking for a different one. kevincadogan (7672)
336740 2005-03-23 00:35:00 hi,iam using a brand new antec case.has more than enough power iam guessing to run it.ill try a different ps though.iam not too sure about the error,but i believe it was a page fault or something.iam getting new kingston ram today,so ill check that out.i heard pretty bad stuff about that ap ram.ill let u know if i get it fixed later on today.thanks

An Antec case? Wow, and you paired it with a PCChips mobo? Thats like putting a Lada motor in a Porsche body.
pctek (84)
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