Question Possible faulty motherboard ?

[wallenwhatsit]

My computer won't boot up if all my hard drives are connected to the SATA ports on the motherboard, it would power on but just stays on blackscreen and i can't even enter the BIOS.

I tried disconnecting all my hard drives from the SATA ports on the motherboard and when I do that I can enter the BIOS normally with no blackscreen.

I have tested all my hard drives on another desktop and they work fine.

Can a faulty SATA port be the reason for the blackscreen and not being able to access the BIOS?

 

[lvt]

Can a faulty SATA port be the reason for the blackscreen and not being able to access the BIOS?

Yes it can.

You can identify the faulty SATA port or cable by testing them one by one with a drive.

 

[wallenwhatsit]

Yes it can.

You can identify the faulty SATA port or cable by testing them one by one with a drive.

Would a SATA port become faulty due to old age? Been using this board for 9years.

 

[geofelt]

What might have changed since all was well?
A sata port or cable is unlikely to fail due to old age.
A loose connection, perhaps.
It would help if you listed the make/model of your parts.
Include mobo, drives, psu...

 

[lvt]

Would a SATA port become faulty due to old age? Been using this board for 9years.

Sure, sometimes the SATA connector is physically broken, sometimes one of its capacitors is dead.

 

[wallenwhatsit]

What might have changed since all was well?
A sata port or cable is unlikely to fail due to old age.
A loose connection, perhaps.
It would help if you listed the make/model of your parts.
Include mobo, drives, psu...

was playing a game then suddenly it went blackscreen had to turn off the computer.

Tried to turn it back on and still blackscreen won't even display the motherboard logo where you had to press a key to go to bios.

Only way for it to display the logo and be able to enter bios is if there is no hard drive connected.

My board is MSI z87-GD65 GAMING. it shows error code 04 or D4 "not really sure if it was 0 or D" on it's builtin LCD error display.

 

[Zerk2012]

was playing a game then suddenly it went blackscreen had to turn off the computer.

Tried to turn it back on and still blackscreen won't even display the motherboard logo where you had to press a key to go to bios.

Only way for it to display the logo and be able to enter bios is if there is no hard drive connected.

My board is MSI z87-GD65 GAMING. it shows error code 04 or D4 "not really sure if it was 0 or D" on it's builtin LCD error display.

Error codes for that board.

Debug Code Led Table - MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING User Manual [Page 52]

MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING Manual Online: Debug Code Led Table. Please refer to the table below to get more information about the Debug Code LED message. Post 02,07 03,08 04,09 0B 1114,3236,565A 1518,373A 191C,3B3E 1D2F,31,3F4E,5055 6367,D0 696F,D1 7077,D2 9296,B5,D4 97,98,99,B2,D5D7 9AA7,B4...

www.manualslib.com

I would try each sata port as suggested above.

If I understand it right ports 1-6 are from the chip set and 7&8 are from a controller.

 

[wallenwhatsit]

Error codes for that board.

Debug Code Led Table - MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING User Manual [Page 52]

MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING Manual Online: Debug Code Led Table. Please refer to the table below to get more information about the Debug Code LED message. Post 02,07 03,08 04,09 0B 1114,3236,565A 1518,373A 191C,3B3E 1D2F,31,3F4E,5055 6367,D0 696F,D1 7077,D2 9296,B5,D4 97,98,99,B2,D5D7 9AA7,B4...

www.manualslib.com

I would try each sata port as suggested above.

tried all ports and still get blackscreen and no board logo.

 

[Zerk2012]

tried all ports and still get blackscreen and no board logo.

7 and 8 should be run on a controller separate from 1-6