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rexx1980

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This morning I was using my computer, and everything was going fine... I had a blue screen of death but that was about it, I booted down and shut everything off and went to bed..

However this afternoon after I awoke, I turned on my system and it sat there, the fans spun up, the neon lights in my system turned on, but nada nothing else... no beeps, no video, and hardly any sign of life except for the fans and lights..

I didnt panic at first, I took it apart, checking the cable connections... still nothing, took the ram out and reseated it back, took the cpu out and reseated that, took the video card and reseated that, took out the bio's chip for about 30 mins hoping it would clear the problem...

Still nothing, the green light on my Asus K8N-E motherboard does go on with the fans and neon lights, but nothing else seems to be working... the only beep/voice reporter I heard was when I tried to boot the computer up without its CPU...

When I booted up without the CPU/RAM it says "CPU Not installed" over and over, it doesnt say anything about the ram or any other problems, just about the CPU... shouldnt I be getting video if its a bad cpu/ram problem? if its a bad Mobo wouldnt it report it was bad?

The light on the mobo works, and Im clueless as to what could be the problem.. Just yesterday everything was fine, no power outages to my knowledge, dont think anything got fried... tried it with one stick of ram, then 2, nada... no bootup, no picture, nothing...

Im not sure what part I should replace?... should I buy another Mobo, CPU? 2 sticks of ram or a PSU?... dont think its anything else.. it has to be one of those that is giving me problems I believe...

I would really appreciate any help or advice from you guys, I dont have anywhere else to turn to and Im in the dark here and I miss my gaming machine..

Thank you
-Scott Rose
 
I'm not to sure, but one time I came home in the morning to turn on my PC, and I turned on the monitor and the computer was just frozen. So i was like oh well whatever, rebooted and nothing would happen. Turns out the CPU like fried or just died on me, it wouldnt work in any other computers and mine would boot up fine with a diff CPU.

So your CPU might be dead....I dont know alot about these kind of problems, but its a possiblity.
 
Asus K8N-E Deluxe Motherboard
AMD 3200+ 64 CPU
2 512 MB Corsair sticks of ram

And it didnt freeze up, the motherboard wont post at all, it was fine a few hours ago and bam, nada, wont start up wont do anything, just tested the video card and power supply, they seem to be okay...

Its down to either the Motherboard or CPU, If it was a bad cpu, wouldnt I still get a picture and the motherboard would post without a CPU?? havent heard any error beeps or anything like that..

the only sign of life is when i remove the cpu and it says cpu not installed when i boot... this is the voice reporter from asus thats telling me that... id assume id get a picture still if it was a bad cpu??

so what do you guys think? bad cpu or bad mobo?
 
i'm going to assume you don't have another A64 system around the house that you can try the CPU in, or you'd probably have done it already. maybe a friend has an A64 system you can try it in? if not, you might be better off finding a local shop that has an A64 system that you can try it in, they'll probably do it for cheap, or maybe even free (especially if you call around first to find prices and promise that if the CPU is fried, you'll buy from them.... :D :D )
 
Nope they want 25-50$ to run a diagnostic check on it lol, if you had to guess? Id say it was a bad mobo but not sure, if its a cpu I could always get a RMA from amd? I bought a retail box chip... I dont know what to do hehe...
 
update: bought a new motherboard while my other one gets rma'd, couldnt wait ... it works now, boots up etc... could an asus motherboard just die like that or do you think software caused it to die?
 
rexx1980 said:
update: bought a new motherboard while my other one gets rma'd, couldnt wait ... it works now, boots up etc... could an asus motherboard just die like that or do you think software caused it to die?
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well, this problem and post is might old, but it might make you feel better to know that I am having the EXACT same problem with my K8N-E Deluxe and have had to RMA it twice already.
 
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