Problem with starting up my PC - advice needed!

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Hello,

3 Years ago i purchased all the hardware stuff from here, and build my first PC rig.

Few months ago i came across with the fallowing problem, after i removed my gfx card just to clean the dust of it and the rest of the PC. I could not start my system again, i am not getting the short ( beeep) to let me now that bios is posting, so my pc can start up.

So before i tried to take every single part of the PC out of my case and put it in back together again, but no luck, i did it simply coz like few months ago I had exactly the same problem , but after few times of reconnecting everything from my mobo it started to work again, just out of a sudden.

But now i have tried it few times already, checked all the plugs, cables everything seems to be fine, i also changed the battery on the mobo, and did reset the settings. Nothing!!

Today i checked with a post card and it brought up the 8101 Error, which then i googled and found out that it is
8101 - Processor 2 failed BIST

I am slightly confused but would that be the processor which is integrated on my Asus p5W DH Deluxe mobo?

I don't think it can be my Conroe processor.

Why did I manage to make it work last time and why i can't do it now ? What do ya gys think is the problem?

( Just in case if it sounds confusing, when i start my PC, it sort of starts, psu,gfx,mobo light is on, everything seems to work, but monitor won't start as well as i don't see any light on my keyword which is USB. )

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Vairo
 
Firstly , thanks for replay.

Well if you are sure that the processor is faulty, that be okay, i can simply buy a new one in that case, but i really need to know if that is gonna fix the trick, and i don't have a spare one to test on atm, might get one on wkend though.

However, would anyone else agree with Juvenal and think that's it for my conroe?

I though that that 8101 could be connected with mobo ?

I do believe my mobo supports all quad cores if I am not wrong?

I just don't wanna get new cpu and then find out that my mobo has something to do with all this.

Many thanks

Vairo
 
Hi Big.Wayne

My Hardware specs are fallowing:

Ati2900XT
OCZ DDR2 Ram 2x1gb, 677mhz
Asus p5w DH Deluxe
Silverstone TJ06 case,
X-Fi Fatality Sound Card
Belinea 22 inch Monitor 1650x
2x DVD Drives
PSU- Corsair 550w ( bought it few months ago, coz my old OCZ psu burned down)
2x Hdd, 80gb and 250 gb,( i think 1 is Sagate and other one is Samsung)

I don't think it is a graphics card, since i also tested GTX 295 few days ago and no luck.

It is strange coz it did hapen once before and i did manage to get it back to life, mind you it never happened while i had my old psu.

I will try to take everythign a part again tomorrow after work, see if i get any luck.

Thanks

V.
 
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Tried the cmos before, didn't help. Google is a bit useless with this one, since i don't really know what part is in conflict. Will try an old cpu on sat, see if that makes any difference.

Ta,
 
Once again I took everything out of the case and put it back together, guess what it works again now, i am indeed happy that i managed to solve the problem again, bit I am still curious what exactly is wrong and could be the reason of this conflict in my case.

I got the felling that maybe my psu cables are faulty, or my mobo, don't see any other reason, don't think cpu could play trick like this, or am i wrong?

Anyways, if i can keep it live and running till the xmass that be great, then i am plaining to upgrade my mobo,ram, and cpu.

V.
 
Didn't want to start new thread so here is a short update.

My pc finally decided to stop working for good, so as i described before my problem i wasn't sure either it was faulty cpu - jugging by the post card error code, or it was a faulty mobo.

So i went for first option first and bought Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz from OC, tried it today and nop no luck bios just won't post.

Now after googling i started to think what if the new E5300 does not support my Asus p5w dh deluxe mobo even though it is dual and qcore cpu mobo? I doubt that could be the case, but decided to ask before i purchase new mobo.

When i google stuff about my motherboard it only comes up with info like : supports-dual cores,q cores, doesn't say nothing about 45nm processors, which i presume could be the new ones? I haven't been fallowing HW a lot in last years so I am a bit in a blind right now.

Or is my default EE6600 2.4 ghz also 45nm processor and this shouldn't really matter?

Cheers

V.
 
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