Is this motherboard dead?

[Grimsilver]

So I recently got all my parts in the mail for this new pc I'm building, and it's been nothing but issues so far. For some reason, when I try to boot my windows 7, it gets right past the loading files stage and resets, and that loop will never end. Also, when I go into the bios, sometimes all the text gains a weird red bold (Almost as if it's trying to go into 3d mode) and it will entirely lock up, along with lots of weird red lines. Not sure what is going on so just looking for some help. Thanks!

 

[bignastyid]

Sounds more like a bad video card or inadequate power supply. What are the system specs?

 

[Grimsilver]

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128578
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113343
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170018
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231423
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

I took some really bad advice on the PSU, and was told I could use the 4 pin connection (Since it only has a 4 and not the required 8 of the motherboard) in the 8 pin just fine, so could that be the issue? I don't know how to check or locate the exact problems honestly. It has no video card also by the way.

 

[ehanger]

It could be a lot of things including PSU, video card, etc. But in order to determine exactly what it is you need to isolate the part that is causing issue. First try to boot without any unnecessary peripherals attached (HDD, optical drives, etc). Chances are, this will have no effect but do it anyway to be 100% sure. If you have a dedicated video card, either swap the card or use the integrated video if you have it. Do this parts swapping procedure for the RAM, motherboard, PSU, and CPU (its almost unheard of to have a bad CPU) and whichever part swap causes the problem to go away is the one that was causing the problem. If you don't have access to spare parts, it's going to be a lot more difficult to determine what the problem is so in that case you may want to send it in to a PC repair shop for them to determine the issue.

 

[ehanger]

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128578
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113343
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170018
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231423
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

I took some really bad advice on the PSU, and was told I could use the 4 pin connection (Since it only has a 4 and not the required 8 of the motherboard) in the 8 pin just fine, so could that be the issue? I don't know how to check or locate the exact problems honestly. It has no video card also by the way.

That PSU is crap. There's a high chance its causing the issue. Also, what GPU are you using? I couldn't tell if that CPU had integrated graphics or not.

edit: oh nevermind, it's an APU

 

[Tradesman1]

I'd say the PSU, if you don't have a another, check with friends/coworkers (especially any techie friends) and see if you can borrow a PSU just to test with,

 

[Grimsilver]

I have another psu I can try for now, it's garbage too but it works 100% I know for sure, so let me go try that real fast.

 

[Tradesman1]

I'll be back shortly

 

[Grimsilver]

Swapped out the PSU, still just loops on the windows 7 loading files screen, plus it's still freezing randomly on bios with the weird red crap.

 

[Tradesman1]

On the DRAM, do you just have the 1 stick or do you have 2, if 2 sticks, try with a single one, if only one, do you have a different one you could test with?

 

[Grimsilver]

I only have 1 stick, I don't have any extra ones laying around sadly.

 

[Tradesman1]

Go into the BIOS and set the DRAM voltage to 1.55 and give it a try

 

[Grimsilver]

I have done everything I can (I think) as far as swapping pieces out, so my last option is to take it to a local computer store Monday and get it checked out, maybe they can figure it out, it's free so eh, what could it hurt.

 

[Grimsilver]

Ooop I could try that I suppose lol.

 

[Grimsilver]

So after taking a break from messing with it, I came back to try changing the rams voltage, and now the thing won't even start. Gets to the motherboard splash screen and freezes or just doesn't start at all.

 

[Tradesman1]

Might want to bench it, have a guide here:

http://www.gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=11279