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On 08/28/2012 01:57 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> So I had to wait. And when it became available, I wondered if it might |
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> be the processor instead that has the problem, so I let the PC shop |
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> diagnose CPU and board. This took until today, and they confirmed it |
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> was the board indeed, not the CPU. Fine, I bought the board, installed |
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> it in the PC, and guess what - it doesn't work. On the first boot I |
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> saw some BIOS status messages, hard drives and such, but the keyboard |
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> did not react, and then it did not boot, I got a black screen only. |
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> And on subsequent tries, with everything (2 ISDN cards, 4 hard drives) |
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> except for the DVD drive removed, the screen does not even turn on. |
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> All fans spin, and the DVD-ROM tray opens when I press the eject |
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> button. That's all. No keyboard LEDs. |
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> This sucks. Is it a faulty board again? Is something (the PSU?) |
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> killing the board once I turn the thing on? What will happen when I |
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> have the next board and try again? Argh. |
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Hello, |
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I would suggest check the psu connector plugs with a multimeter to |
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find out if it is working properly? |
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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/power-supply-test-multimeter.htm |
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And if the motherboard is somehow shorting out inside the case |
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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307187-30-motherboard-shorting-case |
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