Should I send my motherboard back?

[snidy100]

I got my mb from Monarch computers, I overclocked it, and fried it, should I bother sending it back, or will they not replace it.

Asus a7v 133
thunderbird 1000mghz
512 mb crucial ram
3D prophet ultra
Philips aucoustic edge

 

[drewski]

How did you "fry" it? Usually overclocking might cause the system to not post, but won't permanently damage it.

Try clearing the CMOS. Is it the A7V133 that you have listed? I think you need to short two solder points to clear the CMOS. Check out your owner's manual.

 

[4824guy]

It is still under warranty?

Does it show visable signs of damaged or burned components?

How long did you buy it from them?

What is their warranty period posted at their web site?

These are some details which will need to know before trying to RMA a Mobo to the company you bought it from. Please check their web site for warranty and RMA time period information also.

 

[Jasonh100]

I find it very unlikely that you've fried it. It's possible however that you've fried some other component. I'd recommend taking the system apart, flashing the CMOS several times, insuring that no spacers are shorting anything out, and put the thing back together. While you're at it, make sure the processor isn't fried (I have no idea how you'd go about doing that though . Other common problems are getting thermal paste on the bridges (in other words, make sure everything is clean and spiffy). Do you get any beap codes? I've had some interesting stuff happen with nvidia based graphics cards and kt133 chipsets.