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I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I have
a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.

Rudy

Rudy

 

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"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
> question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
> you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
have
> a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
> is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.
>
> Rudy
>
> Rudy
>
>

You can't tell, it's one of life's hard knocks. You could pay a technician
at your local PC specialist to test them, maybe? If the board and CPU are
both new (I guess if the CPU was an upgrade you would revert to the old one
for testing) then it's worth checking your jumpers a tenth or fiftieth time!
;-) I once got stuck for two days before finding that "auto" wasn't good
enough for bus speed multiplier, it needed setting manually. That sort of
thing happens to us all, you know....

 

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yea that blows. That's why people who don't have extra cash or parts lying
around shouldn't mess with their system (like overclocking and stuff). The
cheapest way is probably jsut to send it into one of those repair shops, it
is eventually cheaper than buy a new psu,cpu or motherboard only to find it
is not it

"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
> question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
> you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
> have
> a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
> is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.
>
> Rudy
>
> Rudy
>
>

 

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"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:qtedne06Fb9bWJ7fRVnyjA@comcast.com...
> I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
> question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
> you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
have
> a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
> is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.
>
> Rudy
>
> Rudy
>
>
So if it is not the CPU, you will be one step closer to having resources for
testing! Unless you're like me and give away your redundant parts once you
know it wasn't the problem - only to have to either buy it again or beg /
borrow it back from whoever ya gave it too! One good thing about it is that
the 32 bit processors are getting a little tougher to find now that the 64's
are flooding the market, so at least you'll have a spare.

A question for you. Rudy - did you hook up all the "front case" wiring? I
am fretting over that issue right now, as the explanation / naming of
individual wires is different in the Antec manual (the case) from what
Gigabyte is calling it. I'm having to guess on some of the wires for the
"front of the case" sound wiring and was not real sure of a couple wires on
the IEEE1394 which I use extensively! I suspect that one mis-placed power
wire could destroy a camcorder or destry a motherboard. Kinda scary at this
point in the game!
- Dud

 

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"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:qtedne06Fb9bWJ7fRVnyjA@comcast.com...
> I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
> question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
> you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
have
> a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
> is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.
>
> Rudy
>
> Rudy
>
>
Another thought for you - In my area, there are probably a dozen computer
'scrapyards' that are run by enthusiasts usually with a high degree of
technical skill. They have the resources and ability to test for you and at
very fair price. They are also a wonderful source for spare parts and
replacement parts.

I needed another CD reader and was able to pick up a 56X for $5 and it works
perfectly. At work we use Zip 100's and we recently got new computer systems
in the shop. The people who sold us the systems said they could not buy Zip
100 drives anymore. RE/PC in Seattle has a bin of internal Zip 100 drives.
Problem solved!
-Dud

 

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The only wiring I hooked up from the front was the USB's which have been
working fine and the power switch and reset buttons. Haven't had any use for
the front sound and I don't have any use for 1394 yet.This computer has been
rebooting and freezing for quite a while now. I've replaces everything
except the CPU. It was after the last freeze that it failed to boot. I've
tried clearing the bios and all the tricks that come to mind with no
success.
Rudy
"Dudley" <dudley@somewhere.else.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:qtedne06Fb9bWJ7fRVnyjA@comcast.com...
> > I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's
my
> > question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components?
If
> > you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
> have
> > a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that
it
> > is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the
shelf.
> >
> > Rudy
> >
> > Rudy
> >
> >
> So if it is not the CPU, you will be one step closer to having resources
for
> testing! Unless you're like me and give away your redundant parts once
you
> know it wasn't the problem - only to have to either buy it again or beg /
> borrow it back from whoever ya gave it too! One good thing about it is
that
> the 32 bit processors are getting a little tougher to find now that the
64's
> are flooding the market, so at least you'll have a spare.
>
> A question for you. Rudy - did you hook up all the "front case" wiring? I
> am fretting over that issue right now, as the explanation / naming of
> individual wires is different in the Antec manual (the case) from what
> Gigabyte is calling it. I'm having to guess on some of the wires for the
> "front of the case" sound wiring and was not real sure of a couple wires
on
> the IEEE1394 which I use extensively! I suspect that one mis-placed power
> wire could destroy a camcorder or destry a motherboard. Kinda scary at
this
> point in the game!
> - Dud
>
>

 

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"Rudy Kazuti" <rudykube@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:qtedne06Fb9bWJ7fRVnyjA@comcast.com...
>I keep reading about problems with boards dying once in a while. Here's my
> question: How can you tell if it's the board, CPU or other components? If
> you can't boot and have no spare parts available your stuck it seems. I
> have
> a situation now which I posted a couple days ago and I am gambling that it
> is the CPU. Sent for a new one. If wrong I'll have an extra on the shelf.
>
> Rudy
>


A simple way to test the motherboard is to remove every single component
from it and power the mobo up alone It should give you a beep code error for
CPU broken. Install the CPU and it should then beep a RAM code error,
install the RAM and should beep a VGA error, then install the VGA card. If
this works then you should find the faulty component, if no beeps then
either the mobo or PSU is dead.