Twigman
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My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
Yesterday morning I fired the comp up and went down to breakfast. When I returned to it it was dead (ish) and the room stank of electrical burn. I opened it up - there was still power to USB and the mobo LED was on but no boot. I assumed it was the PSU that had fried so today I plumbed in a new one. Now with the new one: mobo LED is lit power to USB OK no boot but case and CPU fans twitch when I go for boot I am stumped mobo is Asus P5WDH Deluxe and I really don't want to have to rebuild and upgrade - I don't have the cash and I'll lose a PCI slot and I don't want the hassle of re-installing and authorising everything (programs and OS are on same partition :( ) HELP!! What has gone wrong with my 'puter? What should I try next?
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Twigman
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:05:31
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The new PSU was brand new Tagan 700W thing I inspected the mobo yesterday - no visible signs of damage The electrical burn smell was concentrated in the old PSU - it still stinks now!!
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Roflcopter
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:14:36
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I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:21:54
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Inspect the motherboard for signs of electrical component burning. Assuming the new PS is working properly, the motherboard is the next most likely culprit.
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Twigman
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:26:29
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ORIGINAL: Roflcopter Meh, is good chance that you got really burned, by the sound - but maybe you got lucky: if you get no post beeps at all, take out the video card first and reboot - then the memory - still no beeps - urgh, probably the CPU. If you do get any post beeps, there's the lists: http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=guide_beep_codes No POST beeps - it doesn't get that far The fans twitch the PSU LED kights momentarily removed video card = no change removed RAM = no change what next?
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Twigman
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:27:33
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ORIGINAL: Jim Roseberry Inspect the motherboard for signs of electrical component burning. Assuming the new PS is working properly, the motherboard is the next most likely culprit. Closely inspected it yesterday and found no visible damage.
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:29:30
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what next? Remove mobo...
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Twigman
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 13:30:27
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ORIGINAL: Jim Roseberry what next? Remove mobo... A comp without a mobo isn't a comp.... ??? Remove it and do what with it?
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 15:32:28
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Remove it and do what with it? If you know the PS is OK, the next logical culprit is the motherboard. You don't have much of a choice but to swap it out...
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 15:55:27
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This is probably a given, but the CPU/case fans will "twitch" like that on a perfectly functioning board/PSU if the secondary power plug (4-pin, square) is not plugged in to the board along with the main. Additionally, a lot of newer PSUs will have several 4-pin plugs that look very similar, but do not all function correctly as the secondary power input. Just going for the low hanging fruit...
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 16:09:47
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Maybe check that, just to be sure, that you didn't forget some secondary molex for your Mobo. Feel bad for you - just last night it crossed my mind, that it would come at a *very* inopportune time for me, ATM - and I just wished it away. To 3 other people, apparently.
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Twigman
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 17:07:27
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ORIGINAL: Ikaru This is probably a given, but the CPU/case fans will "twitch" like that on a perfectly functioning board/PSU if the secondary power plug (4-pin, square) is not plugged in to the board along with the main. Additionally, a lot of newer PSUs will have several 4-pin plugs that look very similar, but do not all function correctly as the secondary power input. Just going for the low hanging fruit... All plugged in correctly - I am 100% confident of that. The PSU comes with a 24pin connector plus a 2x4 pin connector (half of which is used to connect to the 4 pin connector). and I'm 100% confident the 4 pin is connected the right way round.
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 17:11:36
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Looks like I'm now in the market for a new mobo, cpu and RAM ( my current RAM is only 533MHz ie slower than most current RAM). I think I'd prefer to stick to a S775 board so i could continue to use my current excellent cooler but do not know what's available these days and what miight work well together. I like Asus products. How might replacement of the mobo cpu & RAM effect my XP Pro OEM installation? Will I have to go for a full re-install?
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/07 18:43:56
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how is this? Asus P5QL-E Q9550 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 7-7-7-20
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Ikaru
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RE: My computer has died :( HELP PLEASE
2009/05/08 13:49:07
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Short answer, your OS is registered to interact with your old hardware. If you were to simply plug in your OS disk onto a new rig, you're going to run into a lot of driver issues - specifically, Windows, if it loads up, will detect all the new hardware configurations which will need to be installed more or less manually. Meanwhile, all of your old driver, hardware, and registry settings specific to your old hardware will be creeping around behind the scenes. Probably the best thing to do would be a clean OS install. You could also get away with a reinstall on top of your old OS. This should allow you to retain all of your non-windows settings.
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