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A lady I work with told me her son's PC stopped working.. and asked me to take a look. So I did - it would start up, and his monitor would say "Self-Test" (blah blah blah.. to show that the monitor was working) all of his fans, etc were moving, but there was no video or beeps. I took it home with me and swapped his pc3200 valueram for my hyperX, with no result. I put my xfx 6600 in his open agp slot and tried again.. nothing. I know the mobo is getting power cuz the fans run.. so it's either the mobo or the processor. The computer was dust-encased so I'm wondering if the processor got too hot (Barton 2800+). I don't have another Socket A Board to test.. I don't really see how it could be his mobo (Ledtek Winfast K7NCR18G-Pro).. I'm going to take the HSF off to have a look at the processor for any roasting, etc. But they said it was working just fine and then he went to turn it on one morning and got no video..suggestions or comments are welcome
 
I took the HSF off, and the processor looked to be making good contact with the thermal pad. Nothing looks damaged or burnt.. :confused: :(
 
Just to be safe, I would try a different vid card. Those can be frustrating to troubleshoot when you find out a simple card swap fixes all.
 
pixelbaker said:
Just to be safe, I would try a different vid card. Those can be frustrating to troubleshoot when you find out a simple card swap fixes all.
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I did... he was using the mobo's integrated mx4 graphics, and i swapped in my 6600gt - to get the same result.
 
I had a pc once that refused to boot because it had a bad CD-Rom in it (not an overloaded PS, but a purely bad drive). Beats the hell out of me why that would matter, but as soon as I replaced it, BAM, working system.

Hopefully your sons computer can be fixed as easily.
 
It could be either, but boards are easier to kill. Take all of the memory or the processor out and see if it gives you any fun bios beep codes. If it's the board, you will probably get nothing. Otherwise, it's the chip.
 
well I took the processor and tried it in another friend's board.. it booted up so now I'm pretty sure it's the board. Don't know what could've happened to make it suddenly stop booting - I do see some bulging capacitors, but I don't think that would be enough.
 
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