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| Thread ID: 121546 | 2011-10-31 01:05:00 | is my motherboard broken heeelp | Fishy (10540) | Press F1 |
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| 1240974 | 2011-11-01 06:10:00 | nah I would feel like a dick doing that i would rather pay however much it is to figure out what's wrong with it yeah the psu fan turns on. the case doesn't have lights no it's some piece of crap old as hell case but the ethernet cable lights don't flash nor do the lights that come up on things plugged into the motherboard eg sound card come up i guess I should just fork out the $80ish and take it into a pc store for them to figure it out? :( :( |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 1240975 | 2011-11-01 06:31:00 | Any place that knows what they are doing should be able to figure it out rather quickly, as they will have spares to change out for testing purposes. From what you described so far, I would say its either the PSU, or Motherboard. The only problem may be, if it is a board failure getting a replacement. Depending on the type of socket (CPU) will depend on if a new board is available. Some are now obsolete, while others are in very limited supply as to whats available. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1240976 | 2011-11-01 07:06:00 | DSE can do that for eg .. but their stuff might cost a bit more. A motherboard may entail ... new ram and new cpu ... difficult to match your previous one. Could just try a new PSU and or video card but talk to them before. I've done that and were happy with it. You end up buying one item from them. But as I said you would be paying more at DSE. If you have to replace the motherboard for eg .. you might be better spending $250 for a low end but new motherboard, cpu and some ram (delivered) with inbuilt video card. If that suits your needs. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1240977 | 2011-11-03 03:46:00 | One more thing to check on before spending any $$$$$ check ALL the USB ports, make sure none have the alignment tab broken and the pin(s) are shorting on the inside the port. Got a customers PC here at the moment, a well know Computer repair company here in WGTN was called last week (who shell remain nameless),one of their techs advised the board was blown since it wouldn't start, whole computer completely dead. I happened to be at another customers place today and they asked If I could give a second opinion, took it back to the workshop and it did look dead at first, and after stripping it down, worked on the bench OK -- Low and behold front USB ports knacked. Nothing wrong with the board. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1240978 | 2011-11-03 04:03:00 | Seems unlikely to happen by itself just sitting there though. Did you check the battery? |
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