Friends PC has died

DanH84

DanH84

DanH84

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Phil says:
can you post on your overclockers forum for me please

heh after the good reviews on the knowledge in these forums i've been giving even people who've never used the forums are turning to you in their hour of need :)



Phil says:
well basically it wont switch on, no lights, no fans no nothing. the light on the motherboard is on, but nothing else seems to be getting power.

Phil says:
i thought it might be psu, but we went and bought one and no change.

Phil says:
gotta be either the MB or CPU surely but i thought that even if the CPU was dead, that the fans and that would still work and power up from psu?


so hardware geniuses any ideas what's died on my mates pc?


cheers for any help.
 
Try clearing the CMOS.

It's the quickest / cheapest fix, but rarely works.
It all depends on the problem, but that is the way to start.
 
Ive been in that position many times.

Once you've ruled out PSU ram and you know you haven't got a short, it's either CPU or mobo.
Ive only ever had one dead CPU (that was mobo and CPU and CD / DVD drives)

It's normally the motherboard.
 
Basically as above keep removing components until all you have is a motherboard out of the case, plugged into a psu and shorting the on switch pins with a screwdriver :)

mobo should make some beeps without gfx/RAM/CPU
 
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