Phiber is out of the game! Hardware troubles!

[Über~PhLuBB]

Phiber has unfortunately come upon some hardware problems and has asked that I post here for him.

One second we were talking, the next, his computer shut off. Each time he try's to start it back up, it'll shut back down on it's own in 2-3 seconds (I already thought of his power header being shorted--4 second shut down, so it's not that).

I had him prove it isn't the vidcard, sound card, HDD, CD-ROMs , or RAM by using spare parts. That leaves mobo and CPU.

Any ideas so far? He'll fill in more details when he gets a chance to.

 

[phiber]

Well....i took the PSU out checked it and it works....that leaves my mobo or CPU......o man this sux.....anybody around my area with an socket A mobo?

 

[Athlonman]

I had the same problem a long time ago back in the day when amd k6 2 were cool and it ended up being the mobo.

 

[Yodums]

Sounds like a faulty mobo. I never heard of a faulty chip. I only heard of chips running and chips died and not posting that's it to a chip.

Yodums

 

[Tbird man]

before you scrap the mobo try to clear the bios. i had a similer problem and it turned out i just needed to clear the bios

 

[Über~PhLuBB]

before you scrap the mobo try to clear the bios. i had a similer problem and it turned out i just needed to clear the bios

He's tried that also.

 

[David]

The usual - check all connections. Especially fan headers. Looks to me like the CPU HSF isn't on properly and the mobo is shutting it off. Try a different HSF and/or fan header.

 

[Athlonman]

The usual - check all connections. Especially fan headers. Looks to me like the CPU HSF isn't on properly and the mobo is shutting it off. Try a different HSF and/or fan header.

Yeah if he has a p4 they shut down when they get too hot

 

[phiber]

first of all the system is watercooled.....second....its an AMD system and third the RPM on fan head is turned off...

 

[Ugmore Baggage]

First thing to load is video bios. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Athlonman]

first of all the system is watercooled.....second....its an AMD system and third the RPM on fan head is turned off...

I see your back online what did you do to get it going?

 

[Über~PhLuBB]

I see your back online what did you do to get it going?

I ought to have just let him tell you, but tough.

He's on his other computer.

 

[Staz]

He's on his other computer.

I take it he has swapped all the parts from one computer to the other and still has the problem and his second system isn't a socket A system?

 

[Krome]

where is Phiber?