Author Topic: Computer Help (Read 1167 times)

chrisdicko · **on:** November 09, 2011, 17:26:27 PM

Computer Help

on: November 09, 2011, 17:26:27 PM

Can anyone help with this issue....

A computer kept BSOD'ing and the error seemed to point to the motherboard, so my friend bought a new one, and brought the computer round to me to fit and re-install windows.

Now I'm having a problem

I've fitted it, and everything is connected up ok, but my monitor won't seem to work (on either motherboard's onboard) or the graphics card. I've swapped the PSU to another one to try, but still no joy.

The monitor works perfect on my machine, so I'm at a loss what could be wrong?!

Cheers

knighty · **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2011, 08:45:38 AM

Re: Computer Help

Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 08:45:38 AM

is there a speaker in it ? (to listen to error beeps)

unplug everything.... gfx, ram, hard drives, usb etc. etc.

and then listen for error beeps.... if you don't get any*... remove the m/b from the case and test again on your bench (incase something is shorting etc...)

if there's still nothing... then it's either the psu, cpu or the m/b

only way to tell is to swap parts for known working ones....

*if you do get error beeps, reinstall things one at a time and listen for error beeps again each time.... at some point it should stop working.... so whatever you put in just before this is what is broken :-)

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XEntity · **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2011, 19:15:00 PM

Re: Computer Help

Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 19:15:00 PM

Ram possibly? that's the first thing I check when I'm getting BSODs?

chrisdicko · **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:17:12 AM

Re: Computer Help

Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 11:17:12 AM

Thanks for the replies guys.

It turned out it wasn't the motherboard after all! It was one stick of RAM causing the BSOD's, and the monitor issue was due to a faulty CPU, so it's all sorted now

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