Be Right Back, Uninstalling

Hi guys

Recently my computer has been taking longer than usual to post and boot up.  Now this morning it won't even boot. It will turn on but It never beeps or boots. All the fans are running and it looks like it's on. I'm not sure what to do anyone have any ideas?

Unplug everything from motherboard minus the CPU, power cables and the wires for the front panel buttons.


Try power on, if nothing happens, dead motherboard. If it POSTS, start adding everything back, one piece of hardware at a time. Start with the RAM, then go onto things like video card, hard drives, and finally cd/dvd drives.

My old PC would take 10 minutes to POST if anything was plugged into IDE channel 0 - instant if there wasn't.

Looks like I got a dead motherboard  :'(

(05-05-2011, 03:41 PM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like I got a dead motherboard  :'(

It could very well be the PSU as well, do you have another one you can test out?

I might have one

you might be able to get bullshit lucky like i do sometimes and just reset the cmos by poppin out the battery and putting it back in.

No luck finding a psu, I popped out the battery and no luck with that either.  I did notice something weird though. My case has an LCD on the front that shows temps. The backlight on it was flickering, dunno if that's more indication that it's the psu

can always do the "buy a PSU , use it for diagnostics , then return it" trick

(05-05-2011, 04:40 PM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]No luck finding a psu, I popped out the battery and no luck with that either.  I did notice something weird though. My case has an LCD on the front that shows temps. The backlight on it was flickering, dunno if that's more indication that it's the psu

Very well could be, do you have access to a multimeter and the necessary skills to use it?

I do not  :p I'm gonna try and borrow a friends psu and see how that goes

(05-05-2011, 04:49 PM)Kirby, the Spyro link Wrote: [ -> ]Very well could be, do you have access to a multimeter and the necessary skills to use it?

How many people actually fit that criteria?

I've used one in physics lab but I don' t own one :p

(05-05-2011, 06:16 PM)Señor Pinchy link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Kirby, the Spyro link=topic=5612.msg205408#msg205408 date=1304632195]
Very well could be, do you have access to a multimeter and the necessary skills to use it?

How many people actually fit that criteria?
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More than you'd think.

(05-05-2011, 06:42 PM)Didzo link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Señor Pinchy link=topic=5612.msg205418#msg205418 date=1304637403]
[quote author=Kirby, the Spyro link=topic=5612.msg205408#msg205408 date=1304632195]
Very well could be, do you have access to a multimeter and the necessary skills to use it?

How many people actually fit that criteria?
[/quote]

More than you'd think.
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we are on an internet-based bulletin board after all

Turns out it was my power supply. Got a new 600W thermaltake one and all is well now

(05-07-2011, 07:13 PM)Trace link Wrote: [ -> ]Turns out it was my power supply. Got a new 600W thermaltake one and all is well now

Motherboard or PSU, always one of the two.