Deep Trouble Dead i7???? Please Help!!!

[monkey7]

Nah I guess the shop warranty is still valid, so that would make for a quicker RMA.

Just try booting without cpu once, see what the x58 chipset does. Maybe it reacts completely different because of the new architecture.

 

[SwaleSmith]

if i boot without chip it does nothing as in no post checks completely zero nothing whatsoever....just displays the bios time on the lcd tweakit display

 

[SwaleSmith]

My plan exactly...just hopeing it is indeed not cpu, so i can return it.

will know tomorrow fingers crossed it is indeed the board....praying:worship:

Mhmm toughy, so Swale you've ordered the new kit then have you?

Hope it is either one or the other, you can sell them off on eBay when you get an RMA of the faulty product! That would be the best plan I think.

 

[SwaleSmith]

so definatley not CPU...I wouldn't think in the slightest it was cpu if it was 775 its just that this bloddy x58 i7 had a feelin it might have been different to lga775

Mhmm toughy, so Swale you've ordered the new kit then have you?

Hope it is either one or the other, you can sell them off on eBay when you get an RMA of the faulty product! That would be the best plan I think.

 

[FarFarAway]

Mate, there's an edit button there for a reason

 

[SwaleSmith]

whoooppss....

Mate, there's an edit button there for a reason

 

[HazzyP]

I dont think its the CPU or the MOBO, I think its the bloody silly case!

 

[SwaleSmith]

the case....how on earth you work that one out....???

is that a joke??

 

[monkey7]

Well yes it was meant to be one I don't really think your rig can be affected by the case in any way... Well except when you have an ungrounded case ofc.

 

[SwaleSmith]

thought that but he seemed so serious lol

Well yes it was meant to be one I don't really think your rig can be affected by the case in any way... Well except when you have an ungrounded case ofc.

 

[Bungral]

Swale, I have to say I'd be really surprised if it was the CPU. On any system I've ever used if the CPU is faulty (or missing) the system will spin up the fans and nothing more. When I had a faulty CPU on an ASUS board with the LCD thingy it got stuck on CPU_INIT.

No display, yet a semi-successful POST to me would sound like graphics card or maybe even power delivery to the pci-e slots via the motherboard.

If you've not already done so, try a different GPU in a different PCI-E slot. Even try a PCI graphics card if you can get hold of one.

Agreed... From my experience, if the CPU is dead, then you aint gonna get any action out of it. No post in the background or reaction to anything you do. I would just do nothing but spin up fans for a split second and die.

 

[SwaleSmith]

Well I've found the solution.....youi aint gonna beelive what it was........

no wait.....first person to guess will get a round of applause LOL nobody will guess...heres some hints its not gfx cpu m/board or psu

 

[monkey7]

Souns like you've solved it.

What's left... Screen?

 

[Pyr0]

mem?

 

[zak4994]

lol

Maybe it was because of your HDD.

Or maybe it was because you forgot to put the VGA/DVI port in properly!!

 

[monkey7]

Hmm yeah HDD is possible too. But that would make it display the POST and then give an error.

 

[MrCaffeLatte]

CD-Drive!?

 

[SwaleSmith]

ding ding ding ding correct answer....the f ing screen was the culprit!!!!

its blown???!!!

Souns like you've solved it.

What's left... Screen?

 

[monkey7]

Yay What did I win, your shot at the Arora rig? j/k ofc. I know you wouldn't give that away

Stupid stupid though xD Replacing parts for two days only to find out the screen bugged out.

What are you going to replace it with?

 

[HazzyP]

the case....how on earth you work that one out....???

is that a joke??

yeah it was a joke mate! We have covered all the other bases so there was only that left to blame!