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ZrByte · 05-05-2005, 03:04

Got another repair project that has got me stumped.
I was given a machine and told that recently it just randonly stopped working (Black screen, no post). My first thought was that the motherboard was fried so I brought it home to test.
My test machine will not boot with the CPU in, and randomly resets with the RAM in. When I try my test CPU and RAM in the broken machine it just beeps (8 times quickly, stops for about 4 secs then repeats). This confused me slightly as I was sure that if the motherboard was fried I wouldnt even get error code beeps.
The board has no name or anything on it, judging by the cheapo factor about it and all the other parts used in the machine I would guess its a PC-CHIPS mobo, does that shed any light on what the error beeps might mean?

The Damage to the CPU and RAM also seem to suggest to me that its suffered some type of surge, and likeley as a result of this The CPU, RAM & Mobo are probably all dead. However, I decided I'd get a second or third opinion from you guys before I start quoting my friend for new parts.

05-05-2005, 03:04	#1
ZrByte Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wirral / Ex CWC Area Age: 42 Posts: 3,251	PC wont POST, any ideas? Got another repair project that has got me stumped. I was given a machine and told that recently it just randonly stopped working (Black screen, no post). My first thought was that the motherboard was fried so I brought it home to test. My test machine will not boot with the CPU in, and randomly resets with the RAM in. When I try my test CPU and RAM in the broken machine it just beeps (8 times quickly, stops for about 4 secs then repeats). This confused me slightly as I was sure that if the motherboard was fried I wouldnt even get error code beeps. The board has no name or anything on it, judging by the cheapo factor about it and all the other parts used in the machine I would guess its a PC-CHIPS mobo, does that shed any light on what the error beeps might mean? The Damage to the CPU and RAM also seem to suggest to me that its suffered some type of surge, and likeley as a result of this The CPU, RAM & Mobo are probably all dead. However, I decided I'd get a second or third opinion from you guys before I start quoting my friend for new parts.