Two Dead Motherboards

thee neonlightning · Feb 24, 2009

Today my new p5q deluxe arrived to replace my p5n-t which had recently died. What happened was over time it started crashing more and more frequently until it no longer POSTed. There were no beeps what so ever so I presumed the worst, that it died. Anyway after fitting the new motherboard I get the same problem no post whatsoever although everything spins up properly.

DrPepper recently tested the power supply and the GPU in his pc and they worked fine and I cannot think what is wrong. I read a guide here suggesting that no beeps was the sign of a dead mobo. What do you think is wrong and what do you recommend ?

alexp999 · Feb 24, 2009

Have you tested your memory?

fenurch · Feb 24, 2009

If it's the exactly same problem, then one of the pieces of hardware has died. If it's not PSU,GPU or motherboard then it's possibly memory or HDD (dunno how it could cause that but it's the only other piece of hardware.) And well, just check your CPU to be on the safe side.

thee neonlightning · Feb 24, 2009

alexp999 said:
Have you tested your memory?

Tried other ram and it doesn't beep and even without ram no beep.

Supreme0verlord · Feb 24, 2009

It could possibly be your motherboard, but I would try it with a different CPU first. Or maybe, reset the CMOS and/or check the clear CMOS jumper and make sure it isn't set to clear. I think they ship motherboards with that jumper set to clear to conserve the battery, but I could be wrong.

Hybrid_theory · Feb 24, 2009

No beep can be the video card. Make sure to test another 1.

95Viper · Feb 24, 2009

Just a thought...you have no beeps a boot...did you connect a speaker to the four pin connector on the momma board. Just asking.

Pull the battery and disconnect psu, reinstall after a few minutes, then connect psu and turn on.

Got a feeling it is mem or cpu. Has to be something common to all boards.

Sir_Real · Feb 24, 2009

Try disconnecting everything apart from wots needed to get the mobo & gpu powered up. It maybe a cd drive or something. I once had probs with a pc crashing & shutting down turned out to be the LCD clock/CPU temp gauge. Once i unpluged the power to that prob gone !

CH@NO · Feb 24, 2009

sounds like you have a VERY bad luck with that new board or something else died.

could be kinda difficult to spot the problem due to you have to own various HW. but It's the only way.

a died CPU/RAM can cause zero beeps. so you must discard your CPU/RAM/Vid Card before blaming the mobo again.

If you OC your system there are high chances that some of that HW reaches it's lifespan.

DrPepper · Feb 24, 2009

Ok i've tried his motherboard in my pc and it still doesn't post whatsoever. It seems like its DOA.

alexp999 · Feb 24, 2009

DrPepper said:
Ok i've tried his motherboard in my pc and it still doesn't post whatsoever. It seems like its DOA.

Tried different CPU/RAM too?

Either that or something is shorting and killing his mobos.

DrPepper · Feb 24, 2009

alexp999 said:
Tried different CPU/RAM too?

Either that or something is shorting and killing his mobos.

Used my cpu and RAM and psu and gpu and HDD's

I think its bad luck because his other mobo worked fine for a few months.

MKmods · Feb 24, 2009

alexp999 said:
Tried different CPU/RAM too?

Either that or something is shorting and killing his mobos.

could there possibly be a small water leak?

DrPepper · Feb 24, 2009

MKmods said:
could there possibly be a small water leak?

Possibility with the first motherboard but impossible with the p5q because it was on an air cooler.

fenurch · Feb 24, 2009

Hmm, RMA then.

MKmods · Feb 24, 2009

DrPepper said:
Possibility with the first motherboard but impossible with the p5q because it was on an air cooler.

My first thought would be some other piece of hardware caused it but
I had 3 bad boards (one after the other) once from ASUS so its possible I guess.

fenurch · Feb 24, 2009

MKmods said:
My first thought would be some other piece of hardware caused it but
I had 3 bad boards (one after the other) once from ASUS so its possible I guess.

Did you just RMA them all the time?

I had a bad Asus board once and because of it I lost my 1st one as well. :cry:

thee neonlightning · Feb 24, 2009

so far i look over and as Dr pepper said , i believe it to be a DOA. I made a thread about 2 weeks ago asking for help on strange developing problems with my P5NT deluxe . The sound would die at random. The internet would cut at the port and crashes on the bios were not uncommon. This lead me to buy the P5Q. tests on all devices were carried out , they were fine.

bad luck the final solution?

thee neonlightning · Feb 24, 2009

MKmods said:
My first thought would be some other piece of hardware caused it but
I had 3 bad boards (one after the other) once from ASUS so its possible I guess.

wow , i know how you feel!

Dahaka · Feb 24, 2009

Maybe the problem is between the monitor and the chair lol.

will you test all your parts in another pc? maybe some hardware is killing your MB.

DrPepper · Feb 24, 2009

Dahaka said:
Maybe the problem is between the monitor and the chair lol.

will you test all your parts in another pc? maybe some hardware is killing your MB.

I put the pc together and I've never killed any of my own or anyone elses hardware. I tested most of the stuff in his pc except cpu and they all worked fine. I didn't test his cpu because mine didn't work in either of his dead mobo's.

thee neonlightning · Feb 24, 2009

Dahaka said:
Maybe the problem is between the monitor and the chair lol.

will you test all your parts in another pc? maybe some hardware is killing your MB.

thanks for that, makes me feel great!

MKmods · Feb 25, 2009

DrPepper said:
I didn't test his cpu because mine didn't work in either of his dead mobo's.

I would definitely test his CPU. (but in a "extra" mobo so it dosent kill yours)

DrPepper · Feb 25, 2009

MKmods said:
I would definitely test his CPU. (but in a "extra" mobo so it dosent kill yours)

Haven't got a third motherboard between the two of us.

n-ster · Feb 25, 2009

Oced the Q6600 much? because they OC so well... it's so tempting isn't it?

System Name	Big Red Neon Rig
Processor	Intel Q6600
Motherboard	P5NT Deluxe mobo
Cooling	6x 120mm 220mm side fan CPU water cooling Zalman reserator XT
Memory	8x DDR2 OCZ gold
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Storage	HDD 140 Gb Lacie Golden Disk 500 Gb internal
Display(s)	28" Hans G
Case	Coolermaster Cosmos Sports
Audio Device(s)	hmm...onboard built ...think ...
Power Supply	thermaltake toughpower 1200w
Software	vista basic x64
Benchmark Scores	i fail at this...

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Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) \| HP 6715b
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Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
Audio Device(s)	Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 \| ADI SoundMAX HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W \| HP 90W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 \| Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64
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Processor	i5 3750k @ stock
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	Corsair H80i
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz
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Storage	Samsung Evo 850 256GB
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Power Supply	Corsair TX650M
Software	W10 64bit

System Name	Big Red Neon Rig
Processor	Intel Q6600
Motherboard	P5NT Deluxe mobo
Cooling	6x 120mm 220mm side fan CPU water cooling Zalman reserator XT
Memory	8x DDR2 OCZ gold
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Storage	HDD 140 Gb Lacie Golden Disk 500 Gb internal
Display(s)	28" Hans G
Case	Coolermaster Cosmos Sports
Audio Device(s)	hmm...onboard built ...think ...
Power Supply	thermaltake toughpower 1200w
Software	vista basic x64
Benchmark Scores	i fail at this...

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Cooling	Corsair H100
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Storage	Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240gb. 2 TB Hdd.
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Case	CM storm trooper
Power Supply	Antec Quattro OC ed. 1200w
Software	Windows 7 Business x64
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Power Supply	PC 1: CIT gold 750watt / PC 2: Powercool 850watt modular
Software	PC 1: Win7 home 64 + XP pro 32 / PC 2: Win7 home 64
Benchmark Scores	PC 1: 3Dmark2006: 18674 PC 2: 3Dmark2006: 19250

System Name	Thank God you're back!!!
Processor	Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.1GHz (stock)
Motherboard	ECS H67H2-M3
Cooling	Stock + 1 X 80mm Thermaltake red LED
Memory	1 X 4 GB Kingston 1333MHz DDR3
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Storage	1TB Seagate SATAII + 500GB Hitachi USB (External)
Display(s)	Samsung 20" LED Widescreen
Case	coming soon
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD 6ch Audio
Power Supply	Generic 450W with 20A on the 12v+ rail
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	coming soon

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Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
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Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
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Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
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Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

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Motherboard	Asrock Steel Legen B450
Cooling	Wraith stock
Memory	32GB Geil 3400MHz cas16
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6800XT Pulse
Storage	Trascend NVMe 2TB - Gigabyte 1TB NVMe
Display(s)	Gigabyte G34WQC
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic

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