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    Bad mobo or what?

    Yes it was a tough one. Aggrivating as well. But, finally figured it out. Yeah, i would have never thought they would have sent me a bad cpu, but when i put mine in her mobo and it worked, i was like..hummmmmmmmmmmmm. lol. Put the so called new cpu in my machine and it didn't do anything, then i...
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    urgent help required

    You know something? If the hdd is new and you think you have issues with it alone, how about calling the manufacture? I had bought a 120gb Maxtor in Jan and it died on me. I called them, not this forum, and they told me how to check it and after that it was determined that mine was bad and they...
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    Bad mobo or what?

    FINALLY.............. up and running. This is about how my luck runs. Ok, just to let you all know what the problem ended up being goes like this. 1. bad original mobo + good processor 2. good replacement mobo + bad new processor Of course, i was always trying to the 2 new parts...
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    Bad mobo or what?

    Checked all jumpers to the original mobo and to the page in the case for the jumper settings. Everything is where it should be. Checked the monitor on my system already, works fine. There is actually only one removable standoff in this case. The rest are stamped into the case itself...
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    Bad mobo or what?

    I first tried it without the hdd connected. Only the cpu, memory and psu. No beeps. The monitor stays in sleep mode, doesn't even come on. It's onboard video and i have tried another video card also on the first mobo. I've also tried it without the memory, just the cpu and psu and nothing.
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    Bad mobo or what?

    Well, it's not a machine im building. I'm working on this for a friend. It's an Emachine T1400. Santefe-km mobo. Athlon 1600. She was working on (a program, not hardware) the computer and it shut down on her and wouldn't boot back up. When you turn the power on, the fans would come on, the hard...
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    Bad mobo or what?

    I'm working on a Emachine. Well, the computer will power up but won't give any post beeps. I've been in another forum and got suggestions on what to check and how to check it. What i came up with was a bad mobo. So, i ordered a new mobo and new processor just to be on the safe side. Well, when i...
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