I know it's one of the worst problems to diagnose due to the fact it could be the CPU/mobo/PSU/GPU but I'm dying here. I'm a student with a self-made rig and I'm probably a bit in denial that one of my components would die on me.
Basically last night I was getting BSOD on the Vista loading screen, assuming it was a RAM issue I started to swap and change the RAM around, make sure it was in etc (which it wasn't properly), but it was still giving me issues. I was just about to whip out memtest and then boom, monitor displays nothing but pc 'seems' to boot up. No beeps, nothing, just seems like it's booting up without a display.
I've swapped my monitor and my graphics card to check it wasn't them, and it's not, it doesn't work with a substitute monitor/gpu.
So what's it likely to be? Was I pushing the RAM in too hard and have screwed my mobo (the light still functions, and the red light works when no gpu is present)? Or is it most likely I've killed the CPU? .. Or can I flip a magic switch and make it all better?
Basically last night I was getting BSOD on the Vista loading screen, assuming it was a RAM issue I started to swap and change the RAM around, make sure it was in etc (which it wasn't properly), but it was still giving me issues. I was just about to whip out memtest and then boom, monitor displays nothing but pc 'seems' to boot up. No beeps, nothing, just seems like it's booting up without a display.
I've swapped my monitor and my graphics card to check it wasn't them, and it's not, it doesn't work with a substitute monitor/gpu.
So what's it likely to be? Was I pushing the RAM in too hard and have screwed my mobo (the light still functions, and the red light works when no gpu is present)? Or is it most likely I've killed the CPU? .. Or can I flip a magic switch and make it all better?
