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Motherboard Failure?

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by mattmd

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I am working on a AMD Athlon64 3200+ desktop which does not boot-up. There is power to the motherboard as the system starts up but no picture comes up on the monitor and the HD light stays on constantly. The CPU fan is very noisy also! I have tried a different monitor, Video card, RAM, CPU Fan and PSU but still no luck! This leaves the MB and CPU. Any advice on where to start or what the problem could be?

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by rob miners

all that you have left is to try the CPU in another board or another CPU in the board. There is a good chance that the board has failed.

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by oh smeg

When the M'Board dies the CPU generally goes with it. I have never managed to pull any AMD CPU off a dead M'Board that actually works.

So if it was my guess I would say both the CPU and M'Board.

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by winthrop.polk

Inspect the motherboard. Look for burn spots and budlging capacitors.

by mattmd

I have checked both sides of the motherboard and I can not see anything out of the ordinary! Is very strange...

by rob miners

that will tell you where the problem is. Somthing along these lines. http://www.darkwire.com.au/html/pc_bios_post_diagnostic_test_c.html

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