==SOLVED Thx Guys==PC Crashed now wont boot, fans/led's will turn on..

[redgarl]

This is more a motherboard failure. I know it since I got many with the same damn board. My old 965P-DS3 died on me 3 time in less than 16 months.

After 2 RMA, I was sick enough to buy another motherboard from another manufacturer. Never got a problem after that.

The problems were similar, turning on and turning off, turning on and turning off. It was impossible to get the BIOS to post.

If you plan on changing your motherboard, you should take the occasion to maybe upgrading. For the cost of your motherboard + 200$ you get a whole new PC.

 

[redgarl]

You should replace that aging, low-quality PSU anyway, but I suspect you will need to replace other parts as well, that it took with it into the Abyss. This is not to say your friend ripped you off; it may well have been working fine, but just gave out. Maybe his household AC power measures 123V, and yours is only 110V, and the little bit of extra work pushed it over the edge. There's really no way to tell; at this point however there is no rational need to ever try to turn it on again. You could always see if Oklahoma Wolf at www.jonnyguru.com is willing to do a post-mortem on it, just for grins.

I don't think his friend has lied to him. The most intuitive answer is that the problem is elsewhere. The motherboard failing make more sense. That 2 power supply have the same problem is quite unlikely.

Also, a 250 W power supply is way enough for booting even a phenom II with a 38XX.

 

[shadowknight86]

Snap so u think the mobo has a problem.. that would explain teh whole ram in slot 3 thing i guess....... mobos anyway to diagnoss or fix.. or are they just broken=broken???!!!

 

[shadowknight86]

All right its not the PSU, i booted up my dell just fine with it no issues.

I doubt its the CPU because if the CPU is dead or not installed the circuit to the power wont switch on and power the mobo.

Checking out the MOBO right now, so far its clean no burn, scratches dust/dirt etc.... the only weird thing is that whoel ram in 3rd slot.... idk bout that one

 

[shadowknight86]

All right for the like 3rd time im taking ti all apart this time totally and onto some cardboard!

will just but putting videocard, keyboard, cpu and 1stick of ram

 

[shadowknight86]

Ok... so put it all together out of case it booted up!!

Put it back together in the case and it BOOTS UP!!! But then 15-30 seconds later it freezes, usualy when its loading or in bios, once i got to my vista desktop.

What now???!!!!!

 

[shadowknight86]

Thanks for all the help this issue has been solved!! See 1st post.