Computer Refuses to POST

[Scionix]

So, let me lead you up to the point at which my computer borked.

After finally hooking up my second set of USB's that are on the front of my CM HAF case, I reboot and get into windows. For some reason, my wireless adapter is not recognized, so while I'm fiddling with that, I get a blue screen. I shut the computer down, and then re-boot. When I try to boot again, one of my hd's vista installs will not boot because a windows file is corrupt. When I try to boot on my second HD with a different vista install, I get the same message, which makes no sense. They're seperate installs! So fine, I think, I'll just re-install vista, I was due for one anyway. I put my vista CD in, I get to the boot from CD screen, I press a key to boot from the CD...and then the computer powers down. The same thing happens again. After that, when I POST, it reads my sata's down to my DVD-R player, then freezes. This happens a second time. When these two POST's occur, it seems like it takes longer than normal for the initial POST beep to happen. After this, the computer won't POST, period. I have no idea what the heck these symptoms are telling me. I've tried:

Booting with each of my 8800gt's by themselves
Trying each stick of RAM by itself
Making sure the RAM is seated firmly
Taking out my Sound Card
Unplugging everything but the power connecters to the mobo and booting that way
resetting CMOS via the button on my mobo
resetting CMOS via taking out the mobo battery

And notice, when everything is hooked to the PSU, all my fans and HD's will spin up nicely. Also weird is that my mobo refuses to beep even error messages, for example the long beep when I don't have a GPU in, or the stacatto beeps when I don't have RAM in. The mobo also reads "FF" which means "Sucessful Boot", which clearly isn't happening.

I know, wall of text and all, but I'm scratching my head here

I'm praying to god it isn't my CPU, and if it's my mobo I have it under warranty, I just have no idea what the problem is

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Do you have a second pc to check the components before y0u check your mobo?

 

[Scionix]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Do you have a second pc to check the components before y0u check your mobo?

I have another mobo, but it's AMD and I won't know if it's the motherboard or the CPU that's causing the problems

I don't have another intel board to check the CPU with >.<

Is there any way I could tell otherwise? I'm doubting it's the CPU, I mean it looks perfectly fine, it's watercooled, so the temps are fine, the CPU pins on the mobo are perfectly straight...

I'm at a loss...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

sounds like your mobo .... that sucks if it is... keep askin around though

 

[Scionix]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
sounds like your mobo .... that sucks if it is... keep askin around though

Honestly, I'd rather it be the mobo, I have a warranty on it.

If it was the CPU I'd have to replace it

Anyone have any ideas? I'll go check out my warranty right about now...

 

[ronach]

Go cheap and simple first..Mobo battery.. pwr supply.. then..siiigh..mobo. good luck.

 

[Matt1970]

Highly unlikely that the Intel chip is bad. It sounds more like your hard drive controller on the board is bad.

 

[Scionix]

Originally posted by: Matt1970
Highly unlikely that the Intel chip is bad. It sounds more like your hard drive controller on the board is bad.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the mobo at this point.

I called EVGA, and when I told them my (to me completely confusing) symptoms, they said "Oh yeah it's definitely the mobo, just send it over", so now I must await the agonizing week of RMA shipping

And hopefully the next mobo will work!