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Is my mobo pwned ?

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  • 30-03-2008 2:53am
    #1
    Spyral
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    My PC died a while back and I got a mac so that I could have a reliable work system however I want to play games !!

    I was told that it was most likely a PSU so I put in one.. which subsequently popped... I put in a higher wattage one and nothing was differnent.


    When I power on nothing happens.. CPU fan goes, green mobo LED lights up but nothing doing.
    If I power on with no gfx card in I get a beep which I had tired to see if the mobo knew the difference.

    Is it time for a new motherboard ? is it anything else as I am going to have difficulty replacing my mobo


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    The psu popped? I'd try an out of case build with minimal hardware.


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    Spyral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Spyral


    I've tried that literally power gfx monitor and nothing...

    could it be the ram ?


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    Sherifu
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    Are you getting any BIOS beeps or just the LEDs?


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    Spyral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Spyral


    no beep unless the gfx card is out. 1 green LED on the main board itself


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Hmm, hard to say. If you have 2 memory sticks you could try 1 at a time.


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    Spyral
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    I have 3 mem sticks 1 gb and 2 512s... I will try tem out

    no changing ram didnt work


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Could well be the mobo then. Reseat everything and give it another try.


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    #9
    Spyral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Spyral


    blast... as its an AGP DDR1 754 socket which will be hard to replace :S


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Maplins have quite a few new s754 mobos in their clearance section, in Galway I saw a few for 30-40 euro.


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    Spyral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Spyral


    Cheers Terror !

    Because of you I went to my local maplins (in wales) and guess what ... for £20/E30 they had a suitable mobo which I bough and I am now writing this on my PC !! ahahaha

    :D


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    #12
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Result!


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    #13
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,579 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    Pwned?


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    Pwned?
    Google?


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    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,579 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    I know what it means, and it's not Knackered or f*cked.

    Like his mobo seems to be.


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    extra-ordinary_ wrote: »
    I know what it means, and it's not Knackered or f*cked.

    Like his mobo seems to be.
    True enough.


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