my mobo died?!?!?!?!?

hang10wannabe · 08-24-2002, 10:24 PM

well i installed a new cd burner i got at staples for 30 bucks after rebate... i install it and turn on my comp... nothing happens... im like wtf... the monitor says its working and to check the pc... so i check my vid card, but its running... i then look at my motherboard... the little LED light in there is lite up... but when i turn on the comp it turns off... so i think my motherboard is outta wack... b/c if it were my hd... it would still show an image... if it were my proc it would still go into bios... and if it were my vid card... my comp would beep... but that lil led turning off has me thinking its the mobo.. am i analyzing ths wrong... could there be a simple solution? HELP ME!!!!... otherwise i gotta get a new mobo...

hang10wannabe · 08-24-2002, 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by DarkFury
Ummm... so are you saying that when you push your power button, you don't get any memory bootup test or anything? Are you fans spinning, is the mobo making ANY noises?

BTW... if it is dead, I would get in touch with Sho Gun, cause he tends to buy people's broken motherboards.

well the fans all spin... and my dvd rom spins... but i cant hear the hd spinning and the mouse and keyboard dont light up...

sure hope my hd is dead... and now it doesnt show the memory bootup test... nothing displays

spigidygak · 08-24-2002, 10:50 PM

Orrr. . . what kind of power supply do you have? If all you added was the cd-rw drive, could be your ps just doesn't have enough juice for everything now.

SnowSurfer · 08-25-2002, 07:59 AM

maybe when u installed the burner u brushed against some thing and sent a shock to it and erased something esential. dont laugh happened to me. always ground yourself. i "erased" my mouse and keyboard drivers. now that was a pain.

hang10wannabe · 08-25-2002, 08:59 AM

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Originally posted by DarkFury
Beyond all else.. please make sure that you didn't connect the IDE cable upside down on your burner... Yeah, it's supposed to have a tab to prevent that, but I dunno if your computer has cheap cables in it that don't have tabs.

Also... if all else fails, unhook the CD Burner (both the power and IDE cables) and see if you can get the PC to boot back up without it. Maybe the burner is the problem somehow (if it was working beforehand...)

Good luck...

omg dark fury... u are a master... thanks a lot... it dawned on me that i flipped the ide cables to make them "fit" better... without realizing it they were upside down... whew... i was bout to spend an extra hundred bucks for a new mobo... i already got a 19inch monitor and the new burner... thought id never stop spending money... thank you so much...
and snowserfer... yea i made sure i grounded myself and made as little contact with the mobo... so i wasnt convinced that i shocked it

sho.gun · 08-25-2002, 02:50 PM

as a rule of thumb, the edge of the IDE cable with the red wire on it should always be closer to the power plug side.

08-24-2002, 10:24 PM	#1
hang10wannabe Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: OxnardiA Posts: 1,884	my mobo died?!?!?!?!? well i installed a new cd burner i got at staples for 30 bucks after rebate... i install it and turn on my comp... nothing happens... im like wtf... the monitor says its working and to check the pc... so i check my vid card, but its running... i then look at my motherboard... the little LED light in there is lite up... but when i turn on the comp it turns off... so i think my motherboard is outta wack... b/c if it were my hd... it would still show an image... if it were my proc it would still go into bios... and if it were my vid card... my comp would beep... but that lil led turning off has me thinking its the mobo.. am i analyzing ths wrong... could there be a simple solution? HELP ME!!!!... otherwise i gotta get a new mobo... __________________ http://jedilightfoot.deviantart.com

08-24-2002, 10:50 PM	#3
spigidygak Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: Redlands & San Diego, CA. Posts: 5,882	Orrr. . . what kind of power supply do you have? If all you added was the cd-rw drive, could be your ps just doesn't have enough juice for everything now. __________________

08-25-2002, 07:59 AM	#4
SnowSurfer Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,616	maybe when u installed the burner u brushed against some thing and sent a shock to it and erased something esential. dont laugh happened to me. always ground yourself. i "erased" my mouse and keyboard drivers. now that was a pain. __________________ I have an athlon xp 2500+ ... aren't you glad you know that?

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08-25-2002, 02:50 PM	#6
sho.gun the lemonizer Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 5,373	as a rule of thumb, the edge of the IDE cable with the red wire on it should always be closer to the power plug side.

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