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CPU done?

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jubs

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Hi,

I posted about this awhile ago in the PSU forum. My computer had been turning off randomly (I never caught it in action) I would just come back from doing something and it would be off. When I would try to restart power would temporarily turn on (.5 sec) just enough to see my fan start spinning then cut out. I would have to turn off the power supply at the main I/O switch, let the power die out (from the light at the front) then turn it back on and it would restart. Well eventually it turned off and my computer stopped working. It would start up but the HDD light stays on and the monitor never comes on to show a POST. Everything turns on but there is no start-up procedure. So in light of the other problems I decided to buy a new PSU hoping it was just a power problem. I was running a high-end videocard, 2 HDD's, CPU overclocked, and everything else on only a 350W so I thought it was strained. Not so, I put in the new PSU today and I have the same problems.

Anyone this this is a CPU issue? I am running and older AMD 3200+ I can't even remember the specifics anymore. But if it certainly is that would mean I need a new CPU and MOBO.

Any ideas how I could verify this? If it is indeed the CPU/MOBO I might just not bother to fix it, in which case does anyone want to buy a barely used ANTEC EarthWatts 430?
 
Sounds like it is a good chance of being a cpu. Have you taken it out to look at it or reset the bios to remove the overclock? I used to have a duron chip laying around somewhere that you could have to test the board if I can find it.
 
take a look at the caps on the motherboard around the CPU area, Are any of them bulging or leaking?
 
No bulging or leaking....

Tonight I'll unplug everything minus the video card.... and see if I can get a post. If not it's probably CPU...

What is the minimum I need to get a post? CPU and RAM?
 
jubs said:
No bulging or leaking....

Tonight I'll unplug everything minus the video card.... and see if I can get a post. If not it's probably CPU...

What is the minimum I need to get a post? CPU and RAM?
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CPU, one stick of RAM and video. Most motherboards will give an error beep if there's no video card detected. Speaking of beeps, do you have a speaker plugged into the motherboard so that you can hear any errors the motherboard might be sending out?
 
I would have to hook it up at the pins right? I actually don't have a speaker, so that may be a problem. I'll look into getting one. I completely overlooked that, thanks for the tip.
 
OKay I got a speaker hooked up, no sounds of any kind when booting. I unplugged all peripherals except CPU RAM and Video, and same problems. No video comes up, and I am doubtful it is booting.

Do you think I can safely eliminate video card as the problem? I have no onboard video to check this, but it seems because there is no POST beeping that it isn't even booting. Besides that my video card is only about 1.5 years old.

Guess I need a new motherboard and CPU.... gaw... I might not even bother.
 
You said you posted this in the PSU thread but never divulged if you had tried a new (known good) PSU. If not, you have to try that before getting any deeper.

BTW....."Guess I need a new motherboard and CPU.... gaw... I might not even bother", is NOT even close to [H]....
 
i had the same EXACT problem. it was the motherboard.

once i replaced the mobo, everything went back to normal. I think it was a bad voltage regulator or something like that because i remember for every 15 boots i could get into bios like once and i saw that the cpu was being given a huge amount of voltage. The PSU was fine.
 
Is this an Athlon XP? If so, it could be the CPU, I've fried a few of those in my time. But as suggested above, it could just as easily be a mobo problem.
 
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