Please help, Got my motherboard replacement, but Im having different problems now,

[wbt50]

No, nothing at all :/
Tried just the 1 stick in all 4 slots. Nothing at all

 

[spirit]

Try the other stick then.

 

[wbt50]

I tried both the sticks. Still nothing :/

 

[spirit]

Both sticks together or individually?

Reset the BIOS back to defaults by moving the BIOS jumper on your board (refer to your motherboard manual), then try again... Then remove your graphics card and try and use the onboard graphics.

I think the issue is either your graphics card or your RAM.

 

[wbt50]

Individually.
I moved the jumper and tried removing the battery. Still nothing.

 

[wbt50]

I don't think it's the Graphics Card, I've put my graphics card to the side for the tests, I've been using the onboard display.

 

[spirit]

Right OK so it could be motherboard, PSU or RAM related.

Do you have the standoffs installed underneath the motherboard?

 

[wbt50]

Yes,
All the standoffs are in the correct places and nothing is shorting the board, I'm certaint of that.

 

[wbt50]

This is all I get when I power on -

The horizontal white line flashes for a second then it goes.

 

[spirit]

Looks like it won't boot into an OS... try reinstalling Windows.

 

[wbt50]

How can I reinstall windows ?

I got no display, I can't get into BIOS or anything.

The Picture I showed before was without any hard drives installed, the horizontal line is only visible for a second then dissapears.

 

[spirit]

So it is POSTing and displaying when you have no hard drives connected. I think the issue could be your SATA controller then in which case there is something wrong with your board.

Sorry I thought the screenshot was what you got with HDDs connected.

 

[wbt50]

I have no display at all. Ive connected the drives and it still exacly the same.

Sorry, I might have confused you there, that picture is the same with drives or not.

 

[spirit]

I assume you get the same issue with a graphics card installed, yes?

This is really confusing me now, I'm not entirely sure what's wrong. Could be a number of things: board, RAM or CPU. Have you tried reseating your CPU? It's worth a try.

 

[wbt50]

Yeah, its the same with a graphics card. Is it worth trying to reseat the CPU, since I have a CM hyper 212 evo cooling it and its a pain to install/uninstall and the thermal paste.

I doubt it would be the CPU though since I could use the PC in windows for a short time yesterday.

 

[spirit]

I think your board is probably the problem... or your RAM. Any chance you can try the RAM in another machine?

 

[wbt50]

I could use the family computer but I'm not sure if it uses DDR3. The PC is a Compaq SG3-230UK.

Also, there isn't any danger what so ever in trying it is there ? as in would it cause any damage to the PC. If I damage the system, my family wouldn't be too happy with me They're pretty pissed with me as it is with all these computer problems.

 

[wbt50]

I tried again with the GPU this time. Still the same problem, but when I took both the 6 Pin power cables out. I had a display on the screen telling me to power down and insert power cables.

 

[spirit]

Yeah don't try and run the card without the power cables, you could damage your card, board and power supply by doing that.

Check first the computer uses DDR3. If you force your DDR3 RAM into a DDR2 board, you'll likely damage the board and your RAM. Before you put the sticks in, check to see if it even looks like they'll fit into the board.

 

[wbt50]

Tried the RAM in the other PC and it worked fine.
Now what ? This is really strange :/
Can it really be that both of my motherboards are faulty afyer each other ?