No beep during POST

[Saphirea]

So power went out on Friday, PSU is dead, it smells, I took it out and got a new one ...
Now the problem is, I get nothing during POST. No beeps, no nothing.

Is it safe to assume that the MOBO is dead and possibly the CPU? I'd hate to get a new MOBO and the thing not work as well. It's almost 4 years old the machine but it's served me well.

Thoughts from anyone here?

[elkna]

I can almost guarantee that the motherboard is dead if POST isn't running. The same thing happened to me with an old motherboard I had; when I replaced it the computer ran fine. Be sure to test video/sound cards etc. too because it sounds like the whole machine might have gotten fried =/

[Reality]

is your case speaker attached? i know mine isn't, if it isn't attached you're not going to get a POST beep.

but i'm guessing it used to beep when your PC started up, and you're used to hearing and all of the sudden it stopped?

[Saphirea]

Yeah it's hooked up. Also, there was a weird fan sound that was happening, when I was trying things. Sounded really bad. I changed around a few power connections on the new power supply and it stopped.

But reading more, I think the MOBO is def dead. And I'm not sure about the CPU yet.

[Sigi]

If the PSU and the mobo got fried, chances are your processor is KFC (Kentucky Fried Chip) at this point.

[Reality]

If the PSU and the mobo got fried, chances are your processor is KFC (Kentucky Fried Chip) at this point.

most likely, but there's always a chance that it's just minor damage to the board

I had an old board (it was a pretty nice board, too) that had the AGP slot fry from a power surge

Videocard still worked after that lol

[Saphirea]

MOBO is dead, and the CPU isn't coming on. Found out what the weird fan noise was a cable was hitting the heat sink. As soon as I moved that it stopped.


Any suggestions on a budget MOBO / CPU combo?

[Shuemue]

what are you using that box for and what's the budget?

[Saphirea]

Shues,
I use my macbook pro for most everything, but its nice having a reliable PC.

I was able to play WoW on it full settings and everything worked fine. Other than that, pretty much nothing big.

As far as budget, nothing too too much, I know that's not a lot of help, but I haven't bought anything new PC wise for over 3 years. The PC just worked and I used it as such when I played FFXI and WoW and Oblivion all till I got my Mac.

So, any suggestions you might have bud, I'll take.

[Shuemue]

happy with your psu/gpu/drive/cooling?
also, what's the gpu? pci-e?

[Saphirea]

Just bought a new PSU.
Antec 650 ... since i thought the PSU died.. which it did, I bought a new one.

Drives, I have 2 160GB Seagate SATA drives.
Cooling I have fans... A few of them I know not the best.

GPU?

[Shuemue]

Graphics Processing Unit.

video card!

[Saphirea]

Thats just because you're from England isn't it Shues... using words like GPU and putting U's in words like honor and stuff

It's a BFG Card with 512 ram on it. I don't know the exact specs of it, but I do know that when I got it 2 years ago it was rocking. PCI-E

[Shuemue]

Want cheap like; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116063 & http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128084 ?

Or want to spend a few hundred more and go with something like an E8400 45nm chip?