Hi all,
My brother asked me to build him a really low budget computer for him so I set out buying mainly used parts from that well known auction site.
Just got round to putting it all together this afternoon and it appears either the motherboard or cpu is dead.
The system powers up and the fan levels seem normal (not full speed which occurs on my system when the RAM isnt pushed in fully) so i thought everything was ok but nothing is being displayed on screen.
I immediately pointed this problem to the graphics card but after trying it in my system it worked fine, next I tried the RAM in my system and again it worked fine, so to me this only leaves the CPU or motherboard at fault, correct?
Now I dont fancy taking my system to bits to try the CPU but is there anything else I can do as I am 100% out of ideas after checking all the wiring 10 times over etc, I have done many builds in my time so its not like this is a 1st attempt but it just has me baffled!
As already mentioned most parts including the motherboard + cpu were purchased used so they have a good chance to be dead although were stated working in the auction although I accept this is the risk you take when trying to build a low budget system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks, Sam
My brother asked me to build him a really low budget computer for him so I set out buying mainly used parts from that well known auction site.
Just got round to putting it all together this afternoon and it appears either the motherboard or cpu is dead.
The system powers up and the fan levels seem normal (not full speed which occurs on my system when the RAM isnt pushed in fully) so i thought everything was ok but nothing is being displayed on screen.
I immediately pointed this problem to the graphics card but after trying it in my system it worked fine, next I tried the RAM in my system and again it worked fine, so to me this only leaves the CPU or motherboard at fault, correct?
Now I dont fancy taking my system to bits to try the CPU but is there anything else I can do as I am 100% out of ideas after checking all the wiring 10 times over etc, I have done many builds in my time so its not like this is a 1st attempt but it just has me baffled!
As already mentioned most parts including the motherboard + cpu were purchased used so they have a good chance to be dead although were stated working in the auction although I accept this is the risk you take when trying to build a low budget system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks, Sam
