put... put.... awww.... doaI've been seeing this on a few new boards lately let alone one that's been in use for a period of time.
Good for you.
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Good for you.
Wait what?You were quite aware of what, exactly?
All I was saying was that all 3 voltages go into the motherboard. AFAIK, the 12v is only used for the fan connectors on the motherboard, but that still counts.
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put... put.... awww.... doa
A mechanic that "knew that" after the car has already been diagnosed isn't much of a mechanic, now, is he?
Whatever
Kinda like the football player that goes down on the one yard line and reaches the ball into the end zone...That just went straight over my head...how do the two statements have anything to do with each other?Whatever
You just seem determined to get in deeeperrrrr over your head there.
What you seem to forget was the ealier post."Did you hear the default single beep upon first turning the system on? When a bios chip fails on a board nothing will run unless the cpu went bad on you."
Yet you were so insistent on a bad psu?
Well it's not a BIOS chip like you tried telling us. That I can tell you for sure. If it was it would be giving you a beep code:
1-1-4 (Phoenix)
9 short (Ami)
etc.
Truth is, you have no clue.
I did think it was a bad rail on the PSU, yes, but I'm not sitting over top of it trying to diagnose it either. It was perfectly logical to assume a PSU.
1-1-4 (Phoenix)
9 short (Ami)
etc.
Truth is, you have no clue.
I did think it was a bad rail on the PSU, yes, but I'm not sitting over top of it trying to diagnose it either. It was perfectly logical to assume a PSU.
With fans and other things seeming to start running and then quit there would have been just enough voltage getting to the video card itself to have even a brief look at something trying to display there. But "nothing" came up on screen at all? Besides a bios chip itself there are other things that can go bad there like diodes and capacitors. Speaking of bad caps, http://www.badcaps.com/
A bad cap I can certainly buy. Absolutely. I'm with you on that one. BIOS? No.
And no, a bad PSU will not light up the screen even for a second. I've had the problem he's having dozens and dozens of times where the PSU was the problem. That's why I suggested and was truly surprised when that wasn't the answer.
I guess you learn something new every day.
And no, a bad PSU will not light up the screen even for a second. I've had the problem he's having dozens and dozens of times where the PSU was the problem. That's why I suggested and was truly surprised when that wasn't the answer.
I guess you learn something new every day.
Without the bios chip you have no nv ram for video, boot device, fsb, and other settings since no information can be stored to give instruction to the board itself. To see if there are any bad caps on the board the few tips on that can be read at http://www.badcaps.net/ident/
pcclueless
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Finally...........
Finally picked up computer from shop today. The problem? Bad processor for those who were curious. I appreciate everyone's best effort to help me out with this.
Finally picked up computer from shop today. The problem? Bad processor for those who were curious. I appreciate everyone's best effort to help me out with this.
pcclueless
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No, upgraded from AMD 2400 to 2800. Thanks for the help.