My current PC is the one in my sig, and it's been working perfectly up to this morning. The parts came for a HTPC a few days ago which I'm building for my Uncle, and I decided to build it today. It's a 939 system, in light of the recent price drops, with a DFI lanparty UT Ultra-D as mobo and a 3800X2 (as requested by the uncle for some reason)
I fitted it all together and on boot all the fans would spin up but that was it. The 4 red debug lights would come on and when the first goes out it means the CPU is working. The 4 red lights would stay on permanently.
I decided to check whether the CP was the problem, because the mobo wasn't detecting it. I tried it in my current PC, the one in my sig, and it booted up perfectly. I then tested the graphics card in my own PC, and it worked perfectly. So to check the motherboard was the problem, I put my own components into the motherboard and checked whether it booted up. Same problem, all four red debug lights stayed permanently on.
I then put all my components back into my own mobo, but instead of booting like before I got the 4 red lights like in the other motherboard. I then tried the other CPU, and that didn't work in my mobo.
So I'm asking, is this possible? Can a faulty motherboard kill my CPU which then killed my other motherboard, or has the one faulty motherboard gone and killed both CPUs? I've tried everything, and it hasn't worked, and I'm incredibly ****** because I'm having to use an ancient PC to do all my work and can't game, and I know from experience that RMAs take ages.
I fitted it all together and on boot all the fans would spin up but that was it. The 4 red debug lights would come on and when the first goes out it means the CPU is working. The 4 red lights would stay on permanently.
I decided to check whether the CP was the problem, because the mobo wasn't detecting it. I tried it in my current PC, the one in my sig, and it booted up perfectly. I then tested the graphics card in my own PC, and it worked perfectly. So to check the motherboard was the problem, I put my own components into the motherboard and checked whether it booted up. Same problem, all four red debug lights stayed permanently on.
I then put all my components back into my own mobo, but instead of booting like before I got the 4 red lights like in the other motherboard. I then tried the other CPU, and that didn't work in my mobo.
So I'm asking, is this possible? Can a faulty motherboard kill my CPU which then killed my other motherboard, or has the one faulty motherboard gone and killed both CPUs? I've tried everything, and it hasn't worked, and I'm incredibly ****** because I'm having to use an ancient PC to do all my work and can't game, and I know from experience that RMAs take ages.
