Sent my mobo back, tested and not dead?

linkin

linkin

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I sent my mobo back because it wouldn't boot. Couldn't get into BIOS or boot from CD.. I got a message today saying that they tested it and there is nothing worng with it... how could this be? I was recieving an error labeled "1.80(x9"
on my screen. a google search returned unrelated results...

The computer did boot the first time, and i installed vista and some drivers. I shut it down when i went out, came back home and it wouldnt boot properly.

Could the problem be my CPU? it is an E4300. It's 1.8ghz and has a 9x multiplier, which looks like what that error was displaying. I tried unplugging all unnecessaries: HDD, DVD, GFX and it still wouldn't boot.

Please help find the faulty part in my system. Apparently it isn't the motherboard... that thing cost me $25 to send back :mad:
 
but the system was up and running for an hour... i even did stress tests, everything came up clean... but until the mobo gets back i have no way of testing the memory..
 
Well I have experience both bad CPU and bad motherboard. The symptoms are very similar, basically it won't boot. You could try RAM but I'm afraid you might have a bad CPU.

Are you sure that was an error? It looks like the beginning of the CPU identification line during POST and just happened to freeze at that moment.
 
I'm sure it was frozen.
It would boot up, show the Acer logo for a while, then show the phoenix bios symbol with that "1.80(x9" text and nothing else on the screen. Then it would sit and do nothing. I believe you are right, and if it's the memory that's bad then it's easily replaced. If it's the CPU, my E4500 will be here this week. :)

Either way, I just want my system to work properly. I can't wait to start playing Crysis and Far Cry 2 in DX10. But before that, there is the task of updating my vista to the latest.
 
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