Computer problem... motherboard bad??

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Malikman

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Hello everybody so I want to know your thoughts about my computer problem.

Here's what happened.

I was coding for Computer Science I and the computer froze... so i restarted and it frozre again when i loaded C++ ... then i restarted again and it froze right after getting into windows.. then i tstarted going to blank screen at Windows XP loading bar... now it won't even get to the loading bar and i reset cmos and removed ram and tried onl yone and now it won't even give me beeps for ram or go into start-up... that's after i removed cmos and replaced... BUT before i did that it was getting to post but not very far sometimes hanging right after or when you enter bios.. now it will run the fans bu tnothign comes on screen and no beeps.. im' gonna amke sure when i took out cmos i didn't disconnect anything but either way it is hanging and im' not sure why.... any thoughts? I'm thinking maybe the motherboard just took a long time to go bad (since i had leaked water on it a few months ago in a failed watercooling experiment and maybe it just is started to corrode/go bad).

Thoughts would be appreciated i NEED this computer! haah.
 
Give us some info on your system. What CPU, motherboard, ram, power supply, video card, hard drive, optical drives, and operating system?

My un-informed guess right now would be hard drive going bad OR motherboard capacitor issue but that is pure speculation without details.

CoachB
 
how could it be a hard drive issue.. it stil should go through poost shouldn't it?? i tried unhooking ide's and it stil would not post i don't think...

opteron 165
dfi lanparty ultra-d
2 gigs g.skill
80gig hard drive (don't remember brand off-hand.. it's a few years old)
dvd-rw (generic?)
geforce 7900gt
don't remember power supply but it's 450-500 watt power suply i believe.
 
I was going by the gradually worsening symptoms. I had a hard drive that did pretty much the same thing you decribed. You are right tho, it should boot.
When you had the water spill, did you allow everything to dry well? A short exposure to water shouldn't cause problems later. Look the video card over. When you have a water leak the GPU can catch a good bit of the water.
I'm afraid you are going to have to solve this one by process of elimination....swapping one component at a time...like you've already done with the Ram.
I know that's not much help but there are several things that can cause your symptoms.
Good Luck
 
no the video card didn't get leaked on i don't belive... everything has been working for a few months. Even if the vid card was shot wouldn't it still boot?? I don't have any more components to test it with.. maybe i should tgake it to bestbuy and just be like... can you test the hardware find out witch one isn't working?? or are they horrendously expensive??

i could just buy the parts then return them later but i'm wary of that.
 
unplug everything you dont need to boot including usb devices.
If it then works, either you have a dodgy unplugged cable/component or motherboard interface to the component or PSU cant handle the load.

You'll need to start testing components to narrow it down.
 
i know the psu can handle the load it has been for months and before i bought i talked to people on this forum and anandtech and eveyrone said the rig would be fine.

As well i did unplug the ide stuff so just the ram,video card,cpu,psu was plugged in... no usb stuff besides mouse and keyboard (keyboard is ps/2) and the monitor was plugged in.
 
Malikman said:
i know the pwu can handle theload it has been for months and before i bought i talked to people on this forum and anandtech and eveyrone said the rig would be fine.

As well i did unplug the ide stuff so just the ram,video card,cpu,psu was plugged in... no usb stuff besides mouse and keyboard (keyboard is ps/2) and the monitor was plugged in.
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You have no idea yet if the psu is up to the job.
good luck sorting it out.
 
thanks. yea i'll check the psu and the video card somehow i guess then if it still doesn't work i'll just replace my motherboard.. i guess :-/
 
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