Need some serious computer help

Anubis

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well worst think ever just happened, my comp just died, i restarted because i needed to and everything was working fine before i restarted, so i do it and it shuts off comes back on and at the bios screen where it usially shows the HDs proc speed and ram it just freezes, im like WTF so i restart it again, same thing happens, I notice that it says ram PC2100 i have PC2700 in there 1 gig 2x512,

so i think ok mabye a ram stick died no biggie, welll i test and boot with each stick, same issue, i reset the cmos now it says PC1600 still wont boot, i unpluged all my HDs and it still hangs, doesnt even get to the HD detection part with or without them connected, it sits there and teh CPU access lite is colid, so then i pulled the CPU out, AMD XP 1700+ its been runnig srock speeds for ever and always been fine, examin it and its fine no cracks/burns

the mono has a LED indicator on it and it reads 52 and for my 8KHA+ mobo it says to " test all ram clear extended memory to 0"
well i tested it dont mnow how to clear that tho

but im guessing my mobo is dead, i cant possibily thing of anything else it would be, and this sucks i need my senior thesis!!!!! its on all 3 HDs im gonna have to pull it and pop it in another comp


if you think my mobo isnt dead suggest something for me to do/try

otherwise recomend me a mobo and ram for a A64, 3000+ - 3400+ dont know exactly which one id get
 

viivo

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Do you have another power supply to switch in for testing?

It could be a lot of things - when I have problems I start at the most important part of the system.
 

Anubis

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yea i have another PS but its booting to their fine so i wouldent think it would be that but ill try and let you know in like 5 min
 

Anubis

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same thing with new PS the origional one is an antec tru power 430 i wouldent expect it to just die, tried it with a sunshine 350 still no go
 

Anubis

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the mobo makes that initial beeb sound with either power supply, it let me get into the bios once and i loaded fail save defaults but it still does nothing, it wont do the HD seek
 

Anubis

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well it just 1/2 booted it sat at the screen for a bit then got the 1 HD i have pluged in then went to detedt my PCIIDE card and after then it usially boots but its sitting blank now, something is messed up i dont think its the PS i really think its the mobo
 

viivo

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Did you happen to get the Antec TruePower 430 bundled with the 1080AMG case? I haven't been able to substantiate it, but I have read reviews and stories about the PS in that particular combination (apparently they are "lower quality" than the regular 430s, but I find that hard to believe) frying peoples' components.

That's most likely not the problem here - just thinking outloud on things related.

I'll post back if I find anything else.
 

Anubis

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no i got the 430 alone 2 years ago, to replace the one that came with my older case that i upgraded the internals in
 

Anubis

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replaced the IDE cable that didnt do anything either it tried to get to windows but it takes like 5 min to get through the bios and then wont load the windows Xp Pro loading screen with the progress bar
 

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Do yourself a favor. Set aside the hardware troubleshooting and first rescue your dasm thesis before something REALLY hits the fan! :p

Your motherboard is going to the Great ATX Case In The Sky. Grab yourself a nice Shuttle AN35N Ultra maybe.