[Nelug] Fried mobo? AM2. Wont start.

[James Grabham]

OK, looked on arias website, it says contact manufacturer, looked in
asrocks, it says go to retailer.  Who should I moan at?  :]

On 9/26/07, Scott Wilcox <sc0tt at x0f.org> wrote:
>
>  I cant get as fa as BIOS.  It literally will not start.  At all.  No
> fans, no beep code, no graphics nothing.
>
>
> On 9/26/07, Scott Wilcox < sc0tt at x0f.org> wrote:
> >
> > Along with what Dougie said, I'd check that the board isn't using 'cool
> > 'n quiet' either. I've had many issues with that feature with it not
> > even working at times. That lead to the CPU fan not spinning quick
> > enough and my machine just dying.
> >
> > Scott.
> >
> > Dougie Nisbet wrote:
> > > James Grabham wrote:
> > >> OK, PC randomly sut down, and wouldnt switch back on.  Never a good
> > >> thing.  Power light on case works fine.  CPU fan will twich when
> > >> power button is pressed.  I tried a different PSU, and the usual PSU
> > >> works fine in another PC.  I dont do any overclocking.
> > >>
> > > Any possibility that it could be overheating? I had this for a while
> > > when  I moved my PC onto a carpet, and it no longer got ventilation
> > > from underneath. Took me ages to track it down because it usually
> > > happened overnight during the virus scan. What was happening was that
> > > I had the BIOS configured to auto shutdown if the mobo and/or cpu
> > > temperature exceeded a certain threshold. Normally it was ok but
> > > during the night when it was doing the virus scan it appeared to
> > > overheat.
> > >
> > > Bit of a long shot, but might be worth checking your BIOS settings for
> >
> > > temperature and ventilation generally.
> > >
> > > Dougie
>
>
>  Definately dead board for me then.
>
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