- Dec 14, 2013
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Hi everyone. So I left for a week to go see my fiancee graduate college. Come back, my computer turns on but no display. I followed the advice in a sticky here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
Computer is a 3 year old frankenstein of store bought and day 1 upgrades:
Win7 Home Premium
Asus P8H61-M Pro
Intel Core i7-3770
EVGA GTX 560 2GB OC version
ADATA 2x4 GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Started by:
Which leads me to ordering this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
My CPU, though old, seems to be on par or slightly above the most current i5s, which I find acceptable. I have no problems with my setup gaming (DA:I, BF:4/H, CS:GO,Civ5), so I figure I can take advantage of the expansion space, slap on a 560 from fleabay before they disappear entirely and SLI, and be good for ~2 years before making a full Mobo+CPU upgrade. This seem good?
I am confused about whether I need to make a new windows install when replacing just the board, though. Here suggests I can just reinstall some drivers and keep just my same HDD and keep all my data: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2650876/replace-mobo-original-components-hard-drive-win7-original-installation.html
While here two people say two different things:http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/284563-30-will-install-windows-upgrading-motherboard
So what's the deal? And could I save the data by buying a SSD and installing windows on it, then later trying to uninstall the HDD? It's got 700GB on it that I'd rather keep.
TL;DR
1)Is my assessment of dead mobo correct if going through guide page and 0 beeps given and PSU tested good?
2)Am I fine just replacing the board and adding SLI for now?
3) When just replacing a motherboard, can I keep a HDD and its data, or do I have to wipe and fresh install Windows? How does adding a SSD to boot change matters, if at all?
Computer is a 3 year old frankenstein of store bought and day 1 upgrades:
Win7 Home Premium
Asus P8H61-M Pro
Intel Core i7-3770
EVGA GTX 560 2GB OC version
ADATA 2x4 GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Started by:
Reseating 560, memory sticks, HDMI cables, all power cables
Clearing CMOS via battery removal AND jumpers
Testing PSU with multimeter
power off
remove "warning beep components" (ie 560 first, then memory, etc)
power on
repeat
repeat all above with all components (HDD, CD/DVD drive, fan controller, etc.)
Which leads me to ordering this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
My CPU, though old, seems to be on par or slightly above the most current i5s, which I find acceptable. I have no problems with my setup gaming (DA:I, BF:4/H, CS:GO,Civ5), so I figure I can take advantage of the expansion space, slap on a 560 from fleabay before they disappear entirely and SLI, and be good for ~2 years before making a full Mobo+CPU upgrade. This seem good?
I am confused about whether I need to make a new windows install when replacing just the board, though. Here suggests I can just reinstall some drivers and keep just my same HDD and keep all my data: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2650876/replace-mobo-original-components-hard-drive-win7-original-installation.html
While here two people say two different things:http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/284563-30-will-install-windows-upgrading-motherboard
So what's the deal? And could I save the data by buying a SSD and installing windows on it, then later trying to uninstall the HDD? It's got 700GB on it that I'd rather keep.
TL;DR
1)Is my assessment of dead mobo correct if going through guide page and 0 beeps given and PSU tested good?
2)Am I fine just replacing the board and adding SLI for now?
3) When just replacing a motherboard, can I keep a HDD and its data, or do I have to wipe and fresh install Windows? How does adding a SSD to boot change matters, if at all?
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