PC gone under... again.

What would you replace it with then, from what I can see motherboards have gone up quite drastically, and I'd want to replace it with something future proof, incase I do have to purchase a full system (would be Quad etc)

Edit: With CPU and no RAM it still doesnt work. It's over I guess :(
 
Motherboard is dead then I'd say with reasonable conviction.

It happened to me recently through my own stupid fault and I just ended up replacing it for exactly the same one as am on hardware thats two years old anyway.

It's upto you what you want to do now and what you can afford to be honest mate, but good luck! :)
 
Is it a good idea going and buying a DDR3 board, or do you reckon DDR2 will last another 3-4 years (until I finish uni etc - wont have the money to upgrade before that I doubt)
 
Turns out my dad had a multimeter and we've tested the PSU, everythings perfect bar the 12V rail which is showing.....

DUN DUN DUN

3.3V

Oh Snap..

Strangely enough the molex's are reading normally.
 
so it sounds like your graphics card isnt getting the power it needs, hence no screen when you switch it on.
 
Yeh, I'm guessing as much, but will have to try with another one to be sure.

Either that or the motherboard isnt getting the power and so nothings actually working properly, seems more likely.
 
Loque said:
so it sounds like your graphics card isnt getting the power it needs, hence no screen when you switch it on.
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I'd say no though because the computer does diddly squat when he tries to power on.

If everything was fine and it was the graphics card installed but no power he would hear a beeping warning noise. He doesn't. If he had no CPU installed on power on he would hear a beeping noise. He doesn't.

You could, just for the sake of it, unplug the GFX seperatley now or leave it plugged in but remove the power cable and then power on. You can also test a diff PSU cos you'll know pretty quickly if that is the problem or not! I really don't think so though.
 
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Where did you get 3.3V from.. Sounds like you measured the wrong rail. Check the ATX+12's and the PCI-e power lines. Corsair 650TX's are single 12v rail supplies. The switches on the back of PSU's are quite cheap and a small spark isnt unheard of.

Have you tried it with just a single stick of ram?

Also try doing a full cmos clear. Disconnect power cables from motherboard, remove battery, set cmos clear jumper for at least 5 minutes, then return jumper to normal, refit battery and finally power cables. Sometimes that can bring a system back up.
 
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Turns out that I was indeed measuring the wrong wire (forgot to detatch the 4pin socket - was measuring 12 along instead of 10).

It's reading OK, so I guess it's the Mobo, but am going to try and source a PSU before I decide difinitivly.
 
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