Computer Down Need Help!!

[JD Austin]

​Be sure to actually test the power supply.  I've had servers that 'powered
up' that didn't really.  ​

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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have had very poor experience with the technical knowledge at fry's
> electronics. Data doctors is good but pricy.
>
> Some things you can try is pull all components except CPU and the rest the
> bios. If you get beeps your board is not 100% gone.
> The add one stick ram and video. If you still get beeps try another stick
> of ram. If you still get beeps but no post try an alternate graphics card
> or see about testing it in another machine.
>
> CPU fail rates are ridiculously low but not impossible. After that go
> round you can try pulling it along with everything else and give it one
> more try empty and see if there is a beep code.
>
> Then final step would be for try an alternate power supply. I have seen
> them go bad and not give the right power to the core so it comes up but
> never all the way.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> On Monday, April 21, 2014, AZ Pete <plug at cactusfamily.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi All,
>>
>> I'm having serious hardware issues with my main dev box and it is now
>> completely down.
>> It's a fairly high end custom system (RAID, custom cooling, etc) that I
>> built myself and has been quite stable for several years.
>> The box powers up and the LEDs on the motherboard light. But it never reaches
>> POST.
>> The M/B has an LED that displays the boot hex codes on the board as it
>> goes thru POST. Nothing is being displayed.
>> I've tried pulling out the video card and disconnecting all the peripher
>> als, but that didn't help.
>>
>> I'm thinking that the motherboard may be the problem.
>> I'd like to take it in for service to have it properly diagnosed. Does
>> anyone know of any good hardware repair places in town?
>> I was thinking of Data Doctors, but don't know if they are capable to
>> handle something that is not from a major manufacturer.
>> Is Fry's Electronics any good?
>>
>> Any help would be most appreciated. And the faster the better. :)
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>
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>
> Stephen
>
>
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