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- Nov 9, 2003
CRAP I think i fried my mobo
Sorry if This post is really long but please read my story. I have a big problem and I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions from anyone. Thanks.
I just finished building my system:
Abit IS7-E
Intel P4 2.4c
Corsair ddr3700 1gb TwinX
Radeon 9800 Pro all in wonder
Audigy 2 Platinum
Pioneer A06
Lite-On 52x24x52x
Western Digital 200gb w/ 8mb cache
I had my cpu overclocked to 2.7ghz to match the speed of the 3700 ram with the ratio at 1:1, and my system ran rock solid.
Anyways, Last night I went to move my computer under my desk a little more and all of a sudden I got this rapid continuous beeping from the system speaker. I didn't think much of it because it was late and as soon as I stopped pushing it the beeping stopped. Nothing seemed wrong the the computer. Neither Windows any apps i had open locked up. and the computer continuted to run fine. Later on I tried moving the computer again and I got the beeping again. I stopped pushing it and tried to find the source of the problem, and them after pushing around at the case a little I noticed that when I pushed the plastic front case panel there was beeping, and when i pulled the plastic panel towad me a little the beeping stopped. As I said, it was late and I didn't feel like fixing the problem at the time. Well I when to sleep leaving the computer on overnight and when morning came I woke up and heard that awful beeping again. I was half awake so from my bed I reached for the power switch and held it down until the computer turned off...only the computer didn't turn off. The computer's power went off for a split second and turned back on even while I was holding the power switch down.
I fell back asleep not really thinking much about it. When I woke up again the computer was on, although not beeping, there was nothing on the screen, so I tried restarting the computer and I knew something was wrong because I didn't hear the single "beep" I usually hear when I start up my computer, and the monitor sat there saying it wasn't connected to anything, when in fact it was. I immediately ripped off the front plastic panel to reveal the power switch wires and fiddled with them. No beeping. I then put the plastic panel back on and tried pushing the computer again. No beeping. I tried to start the computer again but there was still nothing showing up on the screen. No POST, no nothing. I though that there might be something wrong with the mobo not recognizing the components, but I didn't get any sequence of beeps when I turned the power on. This was quite puzzling.
My immediate thought was that the problem was with the power switch, so I found an old power switch from some old system I had and plugged it in. Same problem. No posts or beeps, and when I held the button down to turn the pc off it turned the computer back on after a split second.
At this point I was getting fustrated so I started unplugging everything, replugging everything and swapping parts. I reinserted the CPU. Nothing. I reinserted the memory and tried other memory. Nothing. I reinserted my Radeon, making sure the power connector was plugged in, and I also tried putting in a Geforce4mx. Nothing. I tried using another PSU. Nothing. I tried all the old components plugged in at once. Still nothing. I did notice that when my cdrom was plugged into the ide cable the activity light remained on the tray wouldn't open, so I ended trying all different components with only the hard drive installed. I also tried with only the videocard, cpu, and memory. Heck, I even tried resetting the CMOS. Still a big black nothing.
The only two suspects left are the CPU and the Motherboard. I highly suspect the motherboard is to blame because of the funny power switch and cdrom behavior. As of now I get Lights, camera, but no action. Please let me know what you think. If I have assurance that the problem lies within the mobo I'll call abit to RMA or get a new one, but right now I'm angry and confused. Thanks.
-Greg
Sorry if This post is really long but please read my story. I have a big problem and I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions from anyone. Thanks.
I just finished building my system:
Abit IS7-E
Intel P4 2.4c
Corsair ddr3700 1gb TwinX
Radeon 9800 Pro all in wonder
Audigy 2 Platinum
Pioneer A06
Lite-On 52x24x52x
Western Digital 200gb w/ 8mb cache
I had my cpu overclocked to 2.7ghz to match the speed of the 3700 ram with the ratio at 1:1, and my system ran rock solid.
Anyways, Last night I went to move my computer under my desk a little more and all of a sudden I got this rapid continuous beeping from the system speaker. I didn't think much of it because it was late and as soon as I stopped pushing it the beeping stopped. Nothing seemed wrong the the computer. Neither Windows any apps i had open locked up. and the computer continuted to run fine. Later on I tried moving the computer again and I got the beeping again. I stopped pushing it and tried to find the source of the problem, and them after pushing around at the case a little I noticed that when I pushed the plastic front case panel there was beeping, and when i pulled the plastic panel towad me a little the beeping stopped. As I said, it was late and I didn't feel like fixing the problem at the time. Well I when to sleep leaving the computer on overnight and when morning came I woke up and heard that awful beeping again. I was half awake so from my bed I reached for the power switch and held it down until the computer turned off...only the computer didn't turn off. The computer's power went off for a split second and turned back on even while I was holding the power switch down.
I fell back asleep not really thinking much about it. When I woke up again the computer was on, although not beeping, there was nothing on the screen, so I tried restarting the computer and I knew something was wrong because I didn't hear the single "beep" I usually hear when I start up my computer, and the monitor sat there saying it wasn't connected to anything, when in fact it was. I immediately ripped off the front plastic panel to reveal the power switch wires and fiddled with them. No beeping. I then put the plastic panel back on and tried pushing the computer again. No beeping. I tried to start the computer again but there was still nothing showing up on the screen. No POST, no nothing. I though that there might be something wrong with the mobo not recognizing the components, but I didn't get any sequence of beeps when I turned the power on. This was quite puzzling.
My immediate thought was that the problem was with the power switch, so I found an old power switch from some old system I had and plugged it in. Same problem. No posts or beeps, and when I held the button down to turn the pc off it turned the computer back on after a split second.
At this point I was getting fustrated so I started unplugging everything, replugging everything and swapping parts. I reinserted the CPU. Nothing. I reinserted the memory and tried other memory. Nothing. I reinserted my Radeon, making sure the power connector was plugged in, and I also tried putting in a Geforce4mx. Nothing. I tried using another PSU. Nothing. I tried all the old components plugged in at once. Still nothing. I did notice that when my cdrom was plugged into the ide cable the activity light remained on the tray wouldn't open, so I ended trying all different components with only the hard drive installed. I also tried with only the videocard, cpu, and memory. Heck, I even tried resetting the CMOS. Still a big black nothing.
The only two suspects left are the CPU and the Motherboard. I highly suspect the motherboard is to blame because of the funny power switch and cdrom behavior. As of now I get Lights, camera, but no action. Please let me know what you think. If I have assurance that the problem lies within the mobo I'll call abit to RMA or get a new one, but right now I'm angry and confused. Thanks.
-Greg
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