nac
Aspiring Novelist
I think I fried my motherboard when trying to fix my GPU issue. There was a burnt smell and now it's not booting. I tried some troubleshoot options,
- LED light in motherboard is lit up
- PSU fan not spinning
- CPU fan not spinning
- Don't hear any noise from HDD
- No display in the monitor
- No beep sound
- Removed RAM from the slot to check if RAM is the issue, but there is no continuous beep
- Removed CMOS battery and placed it back after an hour, still no life other than the LED light
I think motherboard gone kaput and don't know if it can be repaired. Contacted a local computer service guy and quoted 500/- to check what's the issue. I am not in a position to spend any money right now. If I have to get a new motherboard, I don't have a lot of choice here. In this circumstance I don't want to spend 500 more just to get confirmation that the motherboard is gone kaput and I have to buy a new one.
Should I go ahead and buy a motherboard or give it to service and wait for them to say what I should do next?
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Update: Removed processor and RAM, put gpu in pci ex slot and disconnected ATX 4-pin connector, cpu heat sink fan. Now motherboard boots.
What's wrong here?
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Update: Swapped another CPU, E8400. Not working.
Swapped another PSU, not working.
BTW, now I am testing with CPU, heatsink fan, motherboard and PSU. Nothing else and things are out of the cabinet.
I don't know if I should consider my motherboard is working as things are starting with CPU power connector disconnected.
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This looks like a leak but not sure if this is a significant unit and causing this issue.
*s13.postimg.org/ouk07m61z/IMG_0203.jpg*pixxxels.org/
- LED light in motherboard is lit up
- PSU fan not spinning
- CPU fan not spinning
- Don't hear any noise from HDD
- No display in the monitor
- No beep sound
- Removed RAM from the slot to check if RAM is the issue, but there is no continuous beep
- Removed CMOS battery and placed it back after an hour, still no life other than the LED light
I think motherboard gone kaput and don't know if it can be repaired. Contacted a local computer service guy and quoted 500/- to check what's the issue. I am not in a position to spend any money right now. If I have to get a new motherboard, I don't have a lot of choice here. In this circumstance I don't want to spend 500 more just to get confirmation that the motherboard is gone kaput and I have to buy a new one.
Should I go ahead and buy a motherboard or give it to service and wait for them to say what I should do next?
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Update: Removed processor and RAM, put gpu in pci ex slot and disconnected ATX 4-pin connector, cpu heat sink fan. Now motherboard boots.
What's wrong here?
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Update: Swapped another CPU, E8400. Not working.
Swapped another PSU, not working.
BTW, now I am testing with CPU, heatsink fan, motherboard and PSU. Nothing else and things are out of the cabinet.
I don't know if I should consider my motherboard is working as things are starting with CPU power connector disconnected.
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This looks like a leak but not sure if this is a significant unit and causing this issue.
*s13.postimg.org/ouk07m61z/IMG_0203.jpg*pixxxels.org/