Help! PSU, MOBO or CPU?

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JucyTEC

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I need help!

Today i was on my computer, old IC7-G with 2.4 OCed at 3.3... my surge shut down and cut the power to my 2 monitors, printer, cable modem, and whatever else...

I went to the basement and saw that one of the switch was popped to off position. and turn it back into on position and when i turned on my PC....


During post, it detects my CPU, and... shows the speed, den shortly after, it freezes at

CPU Typ... It doesn't even type in the Missing "E" in Type.

Reset CMOS and tried unplugging some stuff, IE, HD and What not... but No go.

PSU issue? I pulled out the CPU, no visible damage, and no water leak from cooling either.

confused!

Thanks in advance...


And if.. i need to replace, i wanna get a new mobo, ram, intel core 2 duo and vid card... suggestions?? of combos that are good??
 
My guess: PSU or MOBO.

Have a different PSU to test?


As for the C2d...

E6300/6400
Asus P5B-e or P5B-deluxe

Any good Corsair, Gskill, Crucial, OCZ DDR2-800 Ram!
 
Definately add a UPS with AVR to your list of things to buy :D Like the APC Back-UPS RS800 for ~$80.

Is the mobo still under warranty? just curious.

As for suggestions on new parts:
Core2Duo E6300
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 or -S3, or Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H, or Abit AB9
g.skill ddr2-800 2gb kit ($210 at the egg)
8800GTS vidcard, or 7900gt, or 7900gto if you can find one
 
Definately suspect the PSU. What brand and model is it (or did I miss that info in the original post?).
 
Antec True 480W. was my PSU i'm going to try it with some 300W POS after work...

IC-7 board is still expansive!

Might as build a whole new system if the board is dead. I saw the P5E Arcygenical, i like it but... i also would need 2x ide as well as 4x sata, i have too many drives. : (

anywayz,

I'll keep all youse in my updates.
 
I'll bet you it's the PSU. Antecs have this tendency to kinda fizzle out like this. Especially if it's a couple of years old or more...

Could be the motherboard or the RAM flaking out on you but I'd suspect the PSU.
 
It just hit me,

if it is the PSU, its rather good, but... i realized... i lost my OC settings.! :eek:

I DO NOT recall these FSB settings, Ram Timings... Voltages and what not... Sigh.


Anyways, what PSU is good??

i got 2 sata + 4 IDE + 2 CDRW/DVDRW
 
The XClio 500W at the egg for $50 isn't bad. There are more suggestions here: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1000883

When you test it with the 300w, dont connect any drives at first... just see if it posts. If it does, run memtest.

EDIT: FYI, The XClio is made by Channel Well, which is also the maker of the majority of Antec's PSUs, last I heard (and not the one's that have gone bad).
 
JucyTEC said:
It just hit me,

if it is the PSU, its rather good, but... i realized... i lost my OC settings.! :eek:

I DO NOT recall these FSB settings, Ram Timings... Voltages and what not... Sigh.


Anyways, what PSU is good??

i got 2 sata + 4 IDE + 2 CDRW/DVDRW
Click to expand...

Well don't get too far ahead of yourself, check to make sure it really IS the PSU before you go making plans to buy a new one. :)

What would be your budget for a new one? That will help us make suggestions on specific models.


Off the top of my head I'd recommend Seasonic, Silverstone, Corsair, Fortron/Sparkle (FSP Group)... all of which are great solid and reliable. And of course there is PC Power and Cooling but you gotta have some big bucks to throw around for those. :)
 
I hear you,

This is what I have in mind, price really isn't an issue at the time being.

Tho i must say, I don't see a point of making an 'all-decked-out' system anymore.

I don't play games anymore, nor do i OC or Benchmark for braggin rights :)

The Computer still powers up and is able to show parts of the BIOS screen, so I am puzzled as to if it really is the PSU. anyways..

I have 3 options. (After testing the PSU of course.)

Choice 1: About 350
ASUS P4S800D-X Socket 478: $56.99
Intel Pentium 4 3.0E Prescott 3.0GHz Socket 478: $89.00
+ PSU and Maybe a Case (180??)

Choice 2: About 800 with Tax
ASUS P5NSLI Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI: $108
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775: $220
A-DATA Vitesta 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2: $110
XFX PVT42EUDE3 Geforce 6800XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16: $135
+ PSU and Maybe a Case (180??)

Choice 3:
Get a really crappy sytem, and make it into a file server. socket 478, supporting northwood HT

keep u posted!
 
Update, i saw a mobo cpu combo on ebay for 100 bux or so...

same Mobo, faster chip...

ofcourse, this is IF, my PSU is ok...
 
OK...

UPDATE,

Fortunately my company is located only 12 minutes from my house, so i actually eat lunch at home...

anyway, as i got home, i took a good sparkle PSU and plugged it in...

BIOS freezes at the same point.

now i'm down to MOBO and CPU...

i think it'll be good for people to start naming their best config for 900 dollars and less.

CPU/MOBO/RAM/Video

what a bummer
 
I figured it out!!!

i was browing different forums, and found out that a lot of others had this same issue with IC7-G... they also claimed that if they leave the computer on for 30 min or so, it'll eventually pass BIOS.

So i left it on, and wtf? it worked after about 15 min. and rebooted before reaching windows. I got the latest BIOS from abit, updated, and that got read of the CMOS checksome error.

but the problem still persisted... i some how managed to boot into safe mode, and got all the crap off my raid arrays, and rebooted it... and everything worked! in confusion i restarted... and bios hung.

i got on my knees trying to close my case and i saw that my 8-in-1 digital card reader had all the lights on. i said "thats odd" (the lights only turn on if there is a digital media in it, and i didn't have any.) so i...

Unplugged the card reader and BOOM!, everything works. My assumption is that the power hit got to the card reader, and since USB headers usually comes in pairs, with 1 that is not grounded... it killed my shorted my board.

yay i'm happy now.
 
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