Is my motherboard broke?

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chunky

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Hey everyone, I have a computer that has recently been acting up. It has restarted on its own accord, and has said a windows file was corrupted immediately after. So I reinstalled windows, and then when the set-up was restarting, it just would not come back on. I have been getting a short beep and a long beep from the motherboard, which from what I have found, means there is something wrong with the motherboard.

But I just want to be sure, before I buy a new one. The power comes on, all the fans are running, and I can open the DVD drive. I have also tried the HDD in another computer and it works. But when I try to turn the computer on, nothing comes on the screen. I also installed a dedicated graphics card into the computer and hooked it up to a different screen, but that has not worked either.

So does this sound like it is a motherboard problem?

Thanks
 
It could also be the RAM, I would remove all but one memory module and keep swapping them out until you find the one that causes the system not to boot - assuming the RAM is what's causing your issues.
 
[-0MEGA-];1700603 said:
It could also be the RAM, I would remove all but one memory module and keep swapping them out until you find the one that causes the system not to boot - assuming the RAM is what's causing your issues.
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It currently only has 1 stick of RAM. But the new motherboard I was going to get uses DDR3 instead of the DDR2 currently used, so I was going to get new RAM anyway.
 
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main power supply unit, maybe ?

You can check manually the main power supply device of your computer desktop.
With 2 ways.

1. Use a electric reading voltage device to test volts -12 +12 +5 -5
2. Open the power supply box, and look for any capacitors, who up top surface.
Must be flat. Any capacitors with no flat surface, give wrong volts.
And power supply unit must stop operate and replace at one.

If you are unfamiliar how to operate manually power supply unit and open it. Better ask help of some1 expert.

See here what is that:

http://www.capacitorlab.com/capacitor-types-electrolytic

Top side of this thing must be ONLY flat surface.

And no try to test capacitors surface of power supply unit, with it cable, connect in electric socket supply of your house.
 
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