Motherboard or cpu dead?

dunno · 20 Aug 2006 at 15:55

My motherboard is an Asrock Dual SATA2 and about a week ago my pc started to just crash. I wouldnt get blue sceens just a blank screen and the pc would still be on. The crashes became more and more frequent and a couple of times my motherboard had a beeping fit (11 beeps). Now its dead

it turns on, all fans spin but no beep. The harddrive activity light is still on but nothing happens.

Before it died i tested the ram with memtest and it past fine and I tested the cpu using prime95 and I got no errors. Am i right in thinking that the motherboard is now duff?

Justintime · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:17

Take it apart, check all connections, clear cmos Remount the cpu sink, DIMMS, PCI, AGP etc..If no go its likely the board or psu, cpus usually do not die, happens but rare. Also, if possible, test cpu, memory, cards in another pc.

dunno · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:18

Ive done all that already. Ill try swap over my psu with another and see what happens

edit: swapped over psus and come to the conclusion that the motherboard is dead

Justintime · 20 Aug 2006 at 16:47

warranty in effect? worth a try if it is.

dunno · 1 Sep 2006 at 19:59

I bought a new motherboard and set the bits all up again and I got the same response (all fans working etc but no boot), I took the new motherboard back and bought a cpu instead and put it in the old motherboard and it worked. Only problem is im now getting the same random blank screen crashes that i was having before. Could it be possible for a dodgy motherboard to take out a cpu?

FireBIade · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:02

I currently have similar problem with my rig not posting and no beeps or screen initialisation. I tested RAM/GFX/PSU elsewhere and they were fine. I assumed the mobo was at fault and RMA'd it. Overclockers tested it and it worked fine. Which leaves the CPU :eek:

Still waiting for a reply to my messages though about this and an RAM number

Fire..

dunno · 2 Sep 2006 at 12:46

I know how you feel. The motherboard is fine now but i think its a bit weird that my processor died after only 6 months. Now the machine is being weird again. Ive dropped everything down to default speeds etc and if it still keeps crashing im getting a dfi-ultra d instead

dunno · 4 Sep 2006 at 21:59

ah ha!!!!! Its the graphics card that is duff. I put it in my brothers machine and he got the same random blank screen problem. I have his 9700pro in my machine and it is fine......x1900xt here i come

Munromax · 5 Sep 2006 at 16:13

dunno said:
ah ha!!!!! Its the graphics card that is duff. I put it in my brothers machine and he got the same random blank screen problem. I have his 9700pro in my machine and it is fine......x1900xt here i come

Good Move - the X1900XT is pretty brill!

(Maybe just saying that cos I've got one!)