sprouts-car
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 01:12 PM |
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Motherboards
Afternoon all,
I know we have some computer experts on here so hopefully one of you can help me.
I currently have a one of these motherboards.
But I'm pretty sure thats its given up on me. (When I try and boot up it cant even get to bios, but the power seems fine)
Given that this m/b is a few years old now I'm hoping I should be able to pick up a replacement one pretty cheap and just swap everything
over?
There are a few on ebay that I think would work,
ie
ATX form
Socket T
DDR2 SDRAM
PCIe for the graphic
SATA for the hd
and IDE for the cd
What should I be looking for? Ideally I'd like an exact replacement but I dont know if there is something cheaper/newer/better and still
compatible with my bits?
All help appreciated.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 01:48 PM |
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that link doesn't go anywhere 
but from the address I assume its a Foxconn board ?
what OS are you running ?
form memory (its been a few years since i tried this) alot of the MS ones won't accept a new MB without re-install or at least a re-activation
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 01:50 PM |
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It may not be the motherboard, so don't go rushing in until you have verified this. Plenty of things will prevent the system even reaching the
the BIOS, such as badly seated or faulty memory, faulty PSU etc.
Start by removing any PCI/PCIE cards you don't need and extract and re-insert the video card making sure it's fully seated. If still no
joy and you have two or more memory modules, try removing one module at a time. Testing a PSU isn't easy, you can use a DVM to check that the
correct voltage is present on all the rails, but it won't show you if there is excessive noise etc. so substitution is usualy the easiest way,
if you have a spare or can borrow one.
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sprouts-car
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 02:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
that link doesn't go anywhere
but from the address I assume its a Foxconn board ?
what OS are you running ?
form memory (its been a few years since i tried this) alot of the MS ones won't accept a new MB without re-install or at least a re-activation
Thats odd, works for me on two different PCs.
It's a foxconn 945P7AA motherboard
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=Motherboard&U=en-us0000002#
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benchmark51
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 02:52 PM |
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If it was working ok and has suddenly given this problem, I would go for something getting dislodged.
Have you moved it or knocked it somehow?
What do you get on screen when you boot up?
Can you enter the bios using your keyboard when you boot?
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Not Anumber
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 03:04 PM |
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I had a motherboard go down recently on one of the family PCs anx to avoid the usual pain of having to rescue a windows installation that would have
all the wrong drivers i looked out for a simar motherboard from the same manufacturer, same chipset and one that would take the same cpu and speed of
ram. Made a much easier job of it.
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 03:06 PM |
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one thing that stops some computers from starting is the cmos settings getting screwed up, (because the battery is low etc)
often the computers save the clock speed and memory timing in there too.
try disconnecting the battery for 20 minutes, (or shorter if you can find the reset pins)
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/7/13 at 06:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
It may not be the motherboard, so don't go rushing in until you have verified this. Plenty of things will prevent the system even reaching the
the BIOS, such as badly seated or faulty memory, faulty PSU etc.
Start by removing any PCI/PCIE cards you don't need and extract and re-insert the video card making sure it's fully seated. If still no
joy and you have two or more memory modules, try removing one module at a time. Testing a PSU isn't easy, you can use a DVM to check that the
correct voltage is present on all the rails, but it won't show you if there is excessive noise etc. so substitution is usualy the easiest way,
if you have a spare or can borrow one.
Yes and don't forget to unplug anything on the USB bus and try booting up before even opening the case --- I have seen PC refuse to boot
because a mouse had a dead short.
Another diagnostic trick is turn the case upside down and give it a good shake in case there is any screws floating loose inside the case causing
a short.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 31/7/13 at 03:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Yes and don't forget to unplug anything on the USB bus and try booting up before even opening the case --- I have seen PC refuse to boot
because a mouse had a dead short.
My PC gets stuck at a boot screen for about a minute if I have my USB microscope plugged in (essentially just a webcam), though it will boot
eventually. It took me a while to figure out what was going on!
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