my detailed troubleshoot, help

[Steamer]

Mobo or PSU.

Will go with the latter.

Things may half-ass work with a blow PSU, but you risk damaging even more components if you keep playing with it.

Get a new or old or borrow a PSU, or get a PSU tester, try it...

Still broke? Get a new Mobo.

Build a new PC... for that matter.

[elpolloloco]

Yea. PC parts as so cheap nowadays.

Whenever my computer goes on the fritz every 2-3 years, I always spend WEEKS ordering/returning parts and never can figure out. In the end I just throw up my hands and say FUCK IT and get a new MOBO, RAM and CPU. You can get a pretty beast MOBO/CPU combo nowadays on newegg for about 300 bucks. Add in another 150 for ram and you're up to $450. Not too bad, and eventually when you have time you can fiddle with the old parts and find a use for it.

I took some old PC parts and slapped together something that I use for basically just a Netflix/Skype machine. Actually, I don't even use it for netflix anymore now that I have a laptop with HDMI.

Speaking of HDMI, anyone ever try one of those wireless video setups where you can send the video from your laptop to a receiver hooked up to your TV?

[Belphegor]

if everythings turning on but not booting up, then its one of 2 things: your CPU is fried, or your mobo is fried or both. can you at least make it to the BIOS?

[elpolloloco]

If it starts to boot then power goes out its the PSU or MOBO or CPU is fried. You're better off probably just starting from scratch.


If it boots, but just goes black, I'm willing to bet it's a corrupt hard drive. That was the last problem I had with my puter a couple years back. Something just totally fucked over my hard drive.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

if everythings turning on but not booting up, then its one of 2 things: your CPU is fried, or your mobo is fried or both. can you at least make it to the BIOS?

not even the bios boots up, which lead me to belive that it was my mobo to begin with. Previous times when my comp did this, i just reseated my cpu and messed around on my MOBO and it would work again. ITs not working now. I was saving for a mobo and cpu replacment here anyways.. but replacing just my mobo can do for now

if i replace my mobo id like somthing under 200$ that can fit in my Coolermaster storm case. New egg has a deal of the ASUS Sabertooth, but im not sure if its worth the buy or if a AM3+ will even fit in my case.

[Steamer]

His powered components are not working properly.

Check you PSU first. If it isn't working properly the rest wont work anyhow. IE: Not properly supplying the CPU with power, not booting.

On the otherhand it could be the mobo burning out. I myself wouldn't consider the CPU as of now considering the other power related problems you are having.

Again... Check PSU then continue on to mobo....

Yes an AM3+ setup will fit in that case. No do not get it, bulldozer is shit, go with Intel. If your gonna rebuild it, build it right and to last.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

His powered components are not working properly.

Check you PSU first. If it isn't working properly the rest wont work anyhow. IE: Not properly supplying the CPU with power, not booting.

On the otherhand it could be the mobo burning out. I myself wouldn't consider the CPU as of now considering the other power related problems you are having.

Again... Check PSU then continue on to mobo....

Yes an AM3+ setup will fit in that case. No do not get it, bulldozer is shit, go with Intel. If your gonna rebuild it, build it right and to last.

My CPU is an AMD it wont work in an intel MoBO right?

[StarsMine]

He is just saying if you plan on replaceing the Mobo, might as well replace the CPU to
AM3+ is not a good buy due to the not so great performance out of bulldozer. But if your current CPU is AM3, its your choice to stay with whatever you have or to upgrade

[acolyte_to_jippity]

what case you have? you said the storm, but is it sniper, scout, or enforcer?

my scout was just brought down by my dad this evening, along w/ the rest of my components...all except the ram and hard drive that he managed to forget...fml

[ZERO]

Simple test:

Power up just the motherboard and it should give you an error that there is no cpu. Then put a cpu in it and it should give you an error that there is no ram. Then put ram in it and it should give you an error no gpu. Put a gpu in it and it should work. Now if:

1. Motherboard did not produce an error in any of these steps it is broken.
2. If the motherboard gives a cpu error when the cpu is in than it is bad
3. If it gives ram error when ram is in the ram is bad
4. If it gives gpu error when the gpu is in the gpu is bad
5. If nothing occurs the psu is bad

You should run the psu on a psu tester which you should own b.c they are only like $10 and are important for figuring out where your problem is.