Whats broken?

[d4l3]

CPU - AMD ATHLON II X4 640
GPU - NVIDEA GTS 450
MB - GIGABYTE 77OT-USB3

One of my components are broke. The PC will not post. It usually makes a beep when it posts but it dosnt. I have taken out the ram and it makes beeps indicating that there is no ram so i know it still works. It does the same for the GPU. The CPU still gets hot when the system is running but i dont know weather it is still broke. can a mb post without a cpu? if it cant then the CPU is broke?

(sorry for bad english)

 

[pacioli]

A mobo cannot post without a cpu. A mobo cannot post without RAM. It can post without a GPU... it's just you can't see anything...

You can try using a single stick of RAM in each slot to see if the RAM is the problem.

If i were guessig I'd say the GPU is not working.
Try changing the GPU for another one. I keep an old PCI GPU around for this purpose.

Sometimes a power supply will lose integrity and still supply some power to the mb but not enough to actually post...
What PSU do you have?

 

[d4l3]

I dont know. the mb will not post without the gpu. It just makes beeping sounds. When all components are in there is no beep.

 

[jay_nar2012]

Then the GPU is faulty, you can RMA it or return it or get it exchanged for a new.

 

[d4l3]

How?

 

[jay_nar2012]

I don't know, you might of done something wrong or it came faulty or it hasn't got enough power- then you need a better PSU.

 

[d4l3]

I did change heatsink on cpu why it might cpu broke? I havnt handaled gpu.

 

[jay_nar2012]

Did it work after you installed the heatsink?

 

[d4l3]

No.

 

[jay_nar2012]

Then something happened when you installed the heatsink, remember on your other thread, same thing, something happened when you where installing it.

Does your mobo have an IGP?

 

[d4l3]

Does that mean integrated graphics? I dont think it does. So its the gpu I need to send back?

 

[jay_nar2012]

Yes, unless you want to pay for a new one....

 

[d4l3]

I tookmGPU out but its still not posting. makes beeping noise indicating theres no gpu.

 

[jay_nar2012]

Well then, that shows your mobo is working and your GPU is dead somehow.

 

[d4l3]

what about the cpu?

 

[jay_nar2012]

That should work, CPUs rarely die.

 

[d4l3]

I may as well send the two components back. Just to be sure.

 

[d4l3]

How should i pack the components not to domage them?