Do I have a Bad motherboard??

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dumezil, Sep 4, 2006.

  1. dumezil

    dumezil Private E-2

    So I built a computer from the ground up. I put it all together and I get no display. In fact I do not believe it is running POST. I have made sure that everything is plugged in and connected right. Im not sure if there is any kind of compadability issue, although there doesnt seem to be at least on paper. Im pretty sure that the power supply (500 watts) is sufficent although I dont know how to even check that. The video card says it needs 450watts so I guess it would be enough. There is no VGA connection on the video card, only DVI and no video out put at all on the motherboard. so another thing I was thinking was that maybe some kind of software needs to be installed for the video card to work in any capacity. Its a PCI express and I have never built a PC with PCI express before so Im not sure. Im wondering if the mother board is bad. Thanks for the help. Here are the specs,
    Motherboard- ECS P965T-A (V1.0) P965 775
    CPU- INTEL|CORE 2 E6400 2.13G 775 R
    video card- PCI express ATI X1800XT 256MB 100-435840 R
    RAM- 1Gx2|MUSHKIN DII667 991503 R
    HDD- 80G SATA
    Power Supply- 500watt
     
  2. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    in order solve a pc problem we use a trial and error method. one by one remove ur hardware at the same time switch on the pc to see if it boots...
     
  3. dumezil

    dumezil Private E-2

    ok Ive done so and i get no boot. I have swaped out every part save the processor because I do not have another that will be compatible to the board. There is no hard drive hooked up. There is no cd rom hooked up. Only motherboard CPU vid card and RAM. Does that sound like the symptoms of a bqad motherboard. I have no idea which direction to go in at this point.
     
  4. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    ok so i take it u swapped the gfx card with another? the same for the RAM too? btw is the RAM in right slot?
     
  5. dumezil

    dumezil Private E-2

    yes, yes and yes. Any Ideas??
     
  6. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    ok in that case, its either the CPU or mobo at fault. its difficult to test these without a spare CPU or mobo.
     
  7. dumezil

    dumezil Private E-2

    I pulled everything apart and found that one of the pins on the mobo where the cpu connects is broken... I guess thats it?? What do you think??
     
  8. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    ah u mean the cpu fan connector?
     
  9. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    dont think a bad fan connector would cause that. If you can, I'd RMA the mobo as those are usually the symptoms of a dead mobo. Thats what happened when my old mob died.
     
  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Definitly.
     
  11. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    oooooooooooooooooo i thought it was a fan connector for sum reason........ahhh confusion lol :eek:

    Yea, a broken CPU pin will give u mucho problems
     
  12. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    wait major confusion. he said 'one of the pins on the mobo where the cpu connects is broken...' doesnt that mean a pin on the mobo itself?
     
  13. dumezil

    dumezil Private E-2

    The actual pins where the cpu is mounted onto the board. One of them is clearly broken. I have not seen this design before. I remember the older ones had the straight pins these are like smaller and angled. Im sorry I cant explain any better then that. I posted the specs earlier. I guess back to newegg she goes. Hope they wont give me a problem when I try to send it back.
     
  14. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    could u post a picture?
     

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