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Thread ID: 95085 2008-11-24 01:32:00 Motherboard or CPU or Memory screwd up? whitemj2 (14352) Press F1
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722343 2008-11-24 01:32:00 OK here's the problem

Turn on PC mother board power light comes on, CPU fan comes on, New power supply working fine but CD, HDD's will not power up spin nothing so i unplug ribbon's from all and they power on and CD responds ie, opens lights flash etc, so do you think it's the Motherboard or CPU or Memory screwd up?

It all wen't dead when i was burning some data to a CD no warning no errors just all went off.

I'm not a Techy :nerd: so asking me what the spec is is like asking me to translate a chinese menue into Italian :help: ........... all i know is that the CPU is a AMD and it's the same spec as a P4 and there is 2 gig of DDR ram.

Should i just buy a new Motherboard and CPU or is there a miracle fix that I can do with a chissel and a Hammer :badpc:

:thanks
whitemj2 (14352)
722344 2008-11-24 01:39:00 Test in this order:

Power supply
RAM

then if that doesn't cure it, its motherboard.
pctek (84)
722345 2008-11-24 05:57:00 Did any alarms beeps happen, remove all the ram and then turn on it should beep like crazy to say no ram installed that will eliminate the Mobo, cpu and power pack if it beeps gary67 (56)
722346 2008-11-24 14:21:00 I have fitted a new Power supply and ram (I had the Ram ready to install before all went tit's up) I had no alarms or beeps just went dead. a local PC shop said it sounds like the CPU has given up the ghost ??? whitemj2 (14352)
722347 2008-11-24 17:59:00 OK Removed Mem, No Beep nothing at all just CPU fan and power, removed ribon from HDD and it started to spin internaly i'm bloody baffled ..... wana see a PC fly whitemj2 (14352)
722348 2008-11-24 20:13:00 Motherboard. pctek (84)
722349 2008-11-24 21:29:00 Motherboards fried:( Silver_Blade (10144)
722350 2008-11-24 21:36:00 could be falty ribbon cables?. gum digger (6100)
722351 2008-11-24 22:27:00 Motherboard.

So if the ram has been removed, the motherboard should beep, is that correct? And because it is not making beeps, this is what indicates it is a motherboard failure?

I'm in the same situation.
utopian201 (6245)
722352 2008-11-24 22:40:00 correct even if u have a video card and no onboard video you can take out the video card and the mobo should beep 4 times to indicate no video card detected.
No ram should beep, in some mobos even when theres no cu the board beeps.
You will notice that the capacitors have a lump on the top of them. this indicates your board is slowly dieing till one eventually blows leaving a hole in the surface of capacitor.
Silver_Blade (10144)
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