My cousin calls me today explaining the following computer problem: He turns it on, gets a message about the graphics card, then the boot drive, then the system does nothing. Doesn't boot into windows but stays powered on while the screen is black.
I go over, get into BIOS fine, check CPU temperatures, changed a couple of SATA controller settings to AHCPI, reboot. Same thing. I open the case up, turn the power on:
Red CPU LED flashes, then red RAM LED flashes, then CPU, then RAM, then red PCIE LED flashes, then red boot drive LED flashes.
Am I safe to assume that his motherboard is the culprit? It seems very very unlikely that every single component would fail, so it must be the motherboard that's failed, right?
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks.
I go over, get into BIOS fine, check CPU temperatures, changed a couple of SATA controller settings to AHCPI, reboot. Same thing. I open the case up, turn the power on:
Red CPU LED flashes, then red RAM LED flashes, then CPU, then RAM, then red PCIE LED flashes, then red boot drive LED flashes.
Am I safe to assume that his motherboard is the culprit? It seems very very unlikely that every single component would fail, so it must be the motherboard that's failed, right?
Any feedback is welcome. Thanks.