Hi,
My motherboard has ceased to fulfill its purpose. I have tested all components, such as ram, PSU, CPU etc in the appropriate ways, as well as tried to reset the CMOS both by removing the battery and using jumpers (although it doesn't really matter what method anyway). The problem is, I was booting into a Linux Mint live DVD, and it just sorta stopped while it was loading. I left it for an adequate amount of time, then turned the PC off. However, when I turned it back on, it span up the fans and DVD drive for a moment, then turned itself off. It continues to do this, but sometimes just stays with the fans blowing a cool breeze through the room. It should be noted that when it turns itself off, it is the point where, when it used to work, the fans would stop, start again and I'd get the POST beeps and it would load.
I did have Windows 10 running the morning this happened. However, I was trying to install Linux Mint onto a new HDD that I have now discovered to be faulty (it wasn't recognised in another PC, so I tried to use it in the PC that is now broken). I'm not sure why it stopped when loading Linux ... It wasn't the install process, but simply booting from a live CD. Once again, all individual components are still working fine apart from Motherboard and that faulty HDD. I just cannot see how a HDD could break the motherboard, or simply loading an OS for that matter.
All help is appreciated, I'm well and truly stuck here.
Conan
My motherboard has ceased to fulfill its purpose. I have tested all components, such as ram, PSU, CPU etc in the appropriate ways, as well as tried to reset the CMOS both by removing the battery and using jumpers (although it doesn't really matter what method anyway). The problem is, I was booting into a Linux Mint live DVD, and it just sorta stopped while it was loading. I left it for an adequate amount of time, then turned the PC off. However, when I turned it back on, it span up the fans and DVD drive for a moment, then turned itself off. It continues to do this, but sometimes just stays with the fans blowing a cool breeze through the room. It should be noted that when it turns itself off, it is the point where, when it used to work, the fans would stop, start again and I'd get the POST beeps and it would load.
I did have Windows 10 running the morning this happened. However, I was trying to install Linux Mint onto a new HDD that I have now discovered to be faulty (it wasn't recognised in another PC, so I tried to use it in the PC that is now broken). I'm not sure why it stopped when loading Linux ... It wasn't the install process, but simply booting from a live CD. Once again, all individual components are still working fine apart from Motherboard and that faulty HDD. I just cannot see how a HDD could break the motherboard, or simply loading an OS for that matter.
All help is appreciated, I'm well and truly stuck here.
Conan