Hey guys, I've been having some issues with my motherboard on a PC that I built about 2-3 years ago. It started about 4 months ago when something bad happened (long story) and water was spilled on the back of my computer, but the water only seemed to have got on my graphics card. I was able to get my computer to boot up one time after that and after many tries. But it never booted up after I shut it down. I assumed it was my graphics card, if not more than that, so I started with that. I bought a new graphics card, and after putting it in, my computer booted up. I thought the problem was solved, but after I shut my computer down for the first time after installing the new gpu, it wouldn't boot up any more. I called ASUS tech support and that's where I found out about trying to remove my battery for about a minute and putting it back in, and to my surprise, it worked. I had tried some things before that, like changing gpu slots, making sure everything was connected properly/securly, and changing RAM slots, and updating my BIOS. There might be a couple other things that I tried.
So right now my computer will only boot up if I remove the motherboard battery for a bit and put it back in. If I try booting it up without removing/putting in the battery all my fans turn on, but I get a "no dvi signal" message on my monitor and it won't boot at all. It's a very frustrating problem and very time consuming having to remove my battery every time I want to turn on my computer. Can anyone help me diagnose this? I feel like it's very likely that there's a failed component somewhere on the MB, but I really wouldn't know since I know very little about motherboards. I'm thinking about just buying a new motherboard and cpu (It's about time for an upgrade), but I don't want to unless I know that's the problem. I just find it strange that my computer did boot up for the first time in a long time when I replaced my old graphics card with the new one I bought, but then wouldn't turn on again unless I remove/put the battery back in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If there's any more information you need from me, just let me know.
Here are my specs:
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD
XFX Double D FX-787A-CDFC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
Western Digital WD Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
So right now my computer will only boot up if I remove the motherboard battery for a bit and put it back in. If I try booting it up without removing/putting in the battery all my fans turn on, but I get a "no dvi signal" message on my monitor and it won't boot at all. It's a very frustrating problem and very time consuming having to remove my battery every time I want to turn on my computer. Can anyone help me diagnose this? I feel like it's very likely that there's a failed component somewhere on the MB, but I really wouldn't know since I know very little about motherboards. I'm thinking about just buying a new motherboard and cpu (It's about time for an upgrade), but I don't want to unless I know that's the problem. I just find it strange that my computer did boot up for the first time in a long time when I replaced my old graphics card with the new one I bought, but then wouldn't turn on again unless I remove/put the battery back in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If there's any more information you need from me, just let me know.
Here are my specs:
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD
XFX Double D FX-787A-CDFC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
Western Digital WD Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
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