Dead Mobo or GPU?

Con1750

Con1750

Con1750

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Bought my rig from OCUK a few years ago now been great for the 2 years ive owned it.

Specs are as follows
Intel Q6600 @ 3.3 GHZ air
Corsair TX 650W PSU
ABIT IP35 Pro Motherboard
Corsair XMS2-8500 Dominator 1066MHZ DDR2 RAM 4x1GB
ATI Radeon 5850 replaced from a 9800gtx a few months ago bought from OC UK.

Been having a few problems with my board these past few weeks first up it refused to boot with 4gb of ram installed 3gb fine, faulty stick perhaps? now it wont boot at all.

The motherboard manual gives a list of error codes and the number reported tells me its having issues with the gpu.
tried my gpu and both pci-e slots and nothing.

Dont know whether to think my 2 year old board is dead or whether I should RMA my few months old 5850.

Im on a tight budget so if a new board is needed any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks, connor :(
 
What is the post code (if any) that the board is displaying?

Any beeps at all? Fit a speaker if your don't already have one to listen for these.

Have you tried removing the overclock?

Have you tried removing all components (except CPU) and running with a barebones install - CPU, GPU, 1 stick of RAM, HDD?

Also you could try a full CMOS reset. On this board the best way to do that is to unplug from the wall, remove the battery, set to clear CMOS and leave for at least 15mins.

Post back with your results and we'll go from there. Oh and welcome to the forum :)
 
The RAM issue could be a faulty module, or a faulty socket. Did you try moving them around? If it is a faulty socket, it could be the mobo.

Is it getting any juice at all? Fans spinning up? If not, could be a PSU issue.

Do you have any other hardware around? Test with another graphics card to see if that is the problem.

You could try unplugging everything that is not crucial and see if you get it to go any further, and then plugging in components one by one.
 
Unfortunately I do not have any old parts around, I have tried all sticks of RAM in the main slot and nothing, also done a full CMOS reset and nothing, psu is fine and powering all components including fans there is no beeps when booting, simply a black screen. The post code from the motherboard reports C1>C2>26 which tells me to reseat the GPU or try a new GPU, very odd since it was working absolutely fine till I decided to fit a new sound card, and yes ive tried booting without the sound card.

Also thanks for a warm welcome to the forum and quick replies.
 
One stick of RAM is definitely dead so I have removed that from my system and got an RMA from Corsair but the pc still wont boot with the gpu installed, removing the gpu lets the post code go further. I ordered a cheap gigabyte 775 from oc uk just to try it out also. Is it possible to return the motherboard if this component is not at fault?
 
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