could it be my mobo is dead?

tomholden · 07-30-2008, 01:33 PM

i came home and my PC was locked up . the power was still on the power supply seems to be fine but when i try to boot up the power light comes on, the HDD LED stays on (solid no blinking) the CPU fan, etc is working. the HDD is spinning up but no graphics ever show. the PC does not sound like it's actually booting (just hear fans no HDD activity (read/write, etc). it's been running sluggish (no viruses or spyware to be found) and the video rendering was really slow. it's an AGP card. the mobo is a Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. i'm hoping it's not the mobo but since i don't have a video card lying around i'm not sure if it's the mobo or the video card. any ideas? crossing fingers it ain't the mobo. i don't have enough cash to get a new mobo and upgraded components!

no overclocking is being done...it's all default settings

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-30-2008, 02:36 PM

Unplug your PSU unit.. remove the graphic card, plug in PSU unit, power on PC does the pc beep?

tomholden · 07-30-2008, 05:00 PM

it was the power supply

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-30-2008, 05:39 PM

Post issue resolved.

07-30-2008, 01:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
tomholden Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp2	could it be my mobo is dead? i came home and my PC was locked up . the power was still on the power supply seems to be fine but when i try to boot up the power light comes on, the HDD LED stays on (solid no blinking) the CPU fan, etc is working. the HDD is spinning up but no graphics ever show. the PC does not sound like it's actually booting (just hear fans no HDD activity (read/write, etc). it's been running sluggish (no viruses or spyware to be found) and the video rendering was really slow. it's an AGP card. the mobo is a Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. i'm hoping it's not the mobo but since i don't have a video card lying around i'm not sure if it's the mobo or the video card. any ideas? crossing fingers it ain't the mobo. i don't have enough cash to get a new mobo and upgraded components! no overclocking is being done...it's all default settings Last edited by tomholden; 07-30-2008 at 02:01 PM.

07-30-2008, 02:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: could it be my mobo is dead? Unplug your PSU unit.. remove the graphic card, plug in PSU unit, power on PC does the pc beep?

07-30-2008, 05:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
tomholden Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp2	Re: could it be my mobo is dead? it was the power supply

07-30-2008, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: could it be my mobo is dead? Post issue resolved.