Hello everyone, so today my brother brought me his desktop to look at because it refused to start (everything would spin up but nothing would display, and I couldn't get any beep codes out of it either). Apparently it had been acting up for about a month now, but usually he could get it to start after a few tries, but now it just wont start.
Anyway here was my troubleshooting methodology.
First I did all of the basics, I power cycled, tried a different power cable, checked for loose cables power cables, etc. When none of those worked I moved on to the hardware.
I replaced and or checked all the major components with known working parts, in the following order, with no succsess.
-PSU (Replaced and checked in different system)
-RAM (Tried one stick, both sticks, then known working sticks)
-GPU (Tried 2 known working spares)
-CPU (Tried one known working spare)
-HDD (Threw it into an enclosure, it powered up without problems and I was able to read from it)
So I have come to the conclusion that his board has died, and am going to recommend replacing it (with the same model due to his OS being OEM) but I wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything first.
So what are your thoughts? Do you think its dead, or have I missed something?
Thanks in advance guys.
His specs:
AsRock 970 Extreme 3 (non revision 2)
Saphire HD 7870
Corsair CX600
4gb
Windows 7
500gb
Anyway here was my troubleshooting methodology.
First I did all of the basics, I power cycled, tried a different power cable, checked for loose cables power cables, etc. When none of those worked I moved on to the hardware.
I replaced and or checked all the major components with known working parts, in the following order, with no succsess.
-PSU (Replaced and checked in different system)
-RAM (Tried one stick, both sticks, then known working sticks)
-GPU (Tried 2 known working spares)
-CPU (Tried one known working spare)
-HDD (Threw it into an enclosure, it powered up without problems and I was able to read from it)
So I have come to the conclusion that his board has died, and am going to recommend replacing it (with the same model due to his OS being OEM) but I wanted to make sure I hadn't overlooked anything first.
So what are your thoughts? Do you think its dead, or have I missed something?
Thanks in advance guys.
His specs:
AsRock 970 Extreme 3 (non revision 2)
Saphire HD 7870
Corsair CX600
4gb
Windows 7
500gb
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