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| Thread ID: 85647 | 2007-12-17 09:27:00 | Motherboard Problem or What? | Norseguy (12873) | Press F1 |
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| 622065 | 2007-12-31 06:04:00 | SOYO TechAid diagnostic card is what I used. But as I said a few techs have looked over the parts already and said it all works but it seems it all doesn't work together. That diagnostic tool which I used fits into a pci slot. Yep it did the same exact thing when I set everything up outside of the case. So I'm pretty sure some things were fried, I guess to be on the safe side I should rma everything. |
Norseguy (12873) | ||
| 622066 | 2007-12-31 06:53:00 | Personally I suggest you get a Technician to look at all the parts combined and see if he/she can pinpoint the problem, then RMA only the faulty part(s) The reason being - if you RMA every thing, it may cost you more $$ , some places if a product goes back as a RMA and is found not to be faulty you will be charged for the labour/freight - no point in paying for something if you don't need to. Time to get all parts back, especially if they came from different places will more than likely vary - hence more time without a working solution. Regarding the SOYO TechAid diagnostic card ( pci) - While I personally have never used one - what if the boards at fault, and is causing incorrect readings? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 622067 | 2007-12-31 08:48:00 | Yeah I had Geek Squad give me a diagnostic, but they tested each part seperately. I'm not sure of any other technician services that would test it all as a whole, Geek Squad says there's nothing else they can do unless I put an os on my hardrive...... | Norseguy (12873) | ||
| 622068 | 2007-12-31 09:08:00 | Sounds like they are not doing everything - you can boot a PC without an OS installed, it goes through the POST, you see items being detected on the screen, then when it gets to the loading of the OS, it complains it cant find one (no Kidding):lol: Up until that point no OS is required. You cant put a OS on any way - it wont boot to the stage of allowing one to be installed. You can run the PC from a Live Linux CD, one that I use sometimes is Knoppix (www.knopper.net) - the Linux OS runs from the CD. I'd suggest calling some one else in your area, maybe looking through the phone book and telling them your problem, and ask if they can test the whole PC as a unit - the worst they can say is NO. Just one thing that comes to mind / stab in the dark so to speak - looking back at the original post a comment made was but I've connected a video card and seem to be getting no connection through my monitor the screen remains blank/black. Does the screen work on another PC ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 622069 | 2007-12-31 09:12:00 | I've tried on my own monitor and another one and still nothing appears on the screen and it remains blank. | Norseguy (12873) | ||
| 622070 | 2007-12-31 09:21:00 | Well at least its not the Monitor. I'd still suggest trying someone else to do an actual hardware test, complete with all your components. I don't know if you have asked any people you know of a good company that they have dealt with before. You're in the USA aren't you? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 622071 | 2007-12-31 09:26:00 | Yes I'm in the USA. | Norseguy (12873) | ||
| 622072 | 2008-01-01 04:09:00 | Why do you ask? | Norseguy (12873) | ||
| 622073 | 2008-01-01 04:45:00 | I Asked because I know of many good technicians in new Zealand, And a couple In Australia, but If you are in the USA - then I don't know of any. Unless someone else here can suggest anything else, try another PC repairer, other wise it could end up being expensive trying to find the actual problem. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 622074 | 2008-01-01 22:38:00 | Yeah I'm not really sure, I'm just going to ship the motherboard back when stores open up in America(after holiday season). If that doesn't work I'll continue shipping parts back until it does work. Thanks for the help. | Norseguy (12873) | ||
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