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02-22-2006, 08:59 PM
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Bad Motherboard or Bad Processor?
Hi all.
I've been trouble getting my build to work and I was wondering if anyone could help me. Using the barebones test, I've concluded that either my motherboard or processor is non-functional. I'm using a Asus A8N-SLI premium motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor. The motherboard powers on and can spin fans well enough, but no image appears on the screen and there are no beeps to speak of. Out of curiousity, I let the computer run for about 5 minutes before turning and off and quickly removed the processor. It was very cool to the touch. Is that normal or should it point toward my processor being bad? I don't have any other hardware that's capable of testing either of the boards, so any advice would be quite welcome. |
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02-22-2006, 09:18 PM
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02-22-2006, 09:23 PM
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I've already been through that, but it doesn't help much with my problem since I already know it's either the processor or motherboard. I'm just trying to figure out if there's any easy way to tell without RMA'ing and retesting
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02-22-2006, 11:58 PM
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could it be the video card?
You mention no beeps, might want to double check the speaker connection, I had my polarity reversed at first. |
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02-23-2006, 08:33 AM
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Have you done an out of case build? If not try it. Your motherboard could be grounding on your case.
full specs of your system as well please. |
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02-23-2006, 11:22 AM
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Have you tried this?
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409 Are all the power connectors on the motherboard connected to the power supply? If you don't connect the 4 pin auxiliary, the CPU will not start. |
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02-24-2006, 05:02 PM
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Yep, I've tried multiple times to do an out of the case build, both with and without the 4 pin connector.
I am using a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard AMD 3200+ socket 939 processor Geforce 6800 GS Thermaltake 500W power supply Corsair 1048 x 2 Dual Channel (I've actually already returned another pair to make sure I was using memory off ASUS's QVL. |
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02-24-2006, 05:17 PM
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That board should have the Voice POST feature -- plug speakers or headphones into the green audio jack on the back of the computer and take a listen. It should report to you which component isn't working.
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