ok so i was installing some "new" memory and "new" graphics card into my computer and now nothing is happening. i put in the memory. fired it up and i didn't get that "beep" it does. i shut it off using the button in the front. made sure the memory was secure and fired it up again. same results, but this time it wouldn't let me turn it off in the front. i had to unplug it. then i installed the "new" card and secured the memory again. same results but this time i noticed that the area on the motherboard where the RAM goes was hot. the system just "hangs". fans are going. the LED on the board is on. no hard drive activity. no nothing. if i disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard, knowingly leaving the power connected to the hard drive, the hard drive starts spinning. once i connect it to the board, nada. also the heatsink on the chipset, not the CPU, is pretty hot. after all this i put all of my old stuff back, but i get the same results. this time the area around the RAM isnt as hot. did i fry the board?
you zapped your mobo...maybe. take everything off the board...all cards, ram, cables to drives, unplug the atx connector and plug it back in...then reseat the CPU, reseat the ram and install just the video card. reset the bios and reboot. if that fails...put the old video card and ram back in and try again. good luck.
i did all that. i completely gutted it, dusted it, and put all my original stuff in and the same results happened. the only thing that happened differently when i did that is the part of the board where the memory is wasn't as hot. i hope i didn't fry, which i think i might have, the board. it was a solid 478 board.
you could try resetting the CMOS with the jumpers, but it sounds fried.
how do you do that? at this point i'll try anything before i have to search for a new board.
To reset the CMOS, move the CMOS jumper over one pin and leave it for about 30 seconds, then put the CMOS jumper back in the original place. However, even if you have the wrong CPU and/or memory settings saved to the CMOS, you'll still get some beep code during the POST.
edit = bb beat me to it.
Last edited by leemajors; 03-24-2008 at 11:51 AM.
PM my friend korny earl on ST, he is real good at this stuff..
Also, you can cut power using the front button on your case by holding the power button down for 8 seconds.
i'll try reseting the CMOS, but as far as the beeps, I get none whatsoever.
i seemed to have overlooked something about the graphics card. if the one i just bought was a higher voltage than what the motherboard could accept, could that have fried it?
...if it won't beep with the old video card, RAM and HD hooked up, it looks like you fried the board...
possibly, but if it were one of the newer cards it would probably just not work. if it fit, it should work.
dammit. then what would have fried it? i'm just puzzled as to why.
and if it is fried then why is it firing up at all. i see the LED on the board light up.
what kind of card is it? AGP or PCI express?
AGP 8x
......and i know AGP is out dated.
i was just asking because when i still had an AGP mobo i once got a new geforce that needed additional power outside the slot. I felt stupid when it wouldn't boot, then saw the extra power input on the back. fired up fine once i hooked it up to the power supply. but since it won't work with your old card, that's probably not it.
How many power connections to the board, are there 1 or 2?and if it is fried then why is it firing up at all. i see the LED on the board light up.
just one.
make sure none of the wire contacts have slipped out of the female end...but it still sounds like your MB if fried....could you possibly have grounded it somehow? What kind of memory were you installing?
i was installing some DDR sticks. i called Altex up here and i think i got my assurance that i fried it. he asked if i installed the stick backwards and initially i think i did. he said that would fry the chipset. i told him about the hard drive not spinning unless i disconnected it from the motherboard and he said the southbridge is definitely DOA. now off to search for a 478 board. i loved that board
and you're the one named after the most cheesiest-suck ass band of all time. second to n'sync.
I'd rather be named N'Sync than be re ed enough to put memory in backwards...
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