dustedvinyl
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- 23 Apr 2005
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New computer, built from the ground up on Feb 5th of this year. MSI 865PE-Neo2-P, Pentium 4, 1 gig "o" ram, Geforcefx agp8x video, m-audio 2496 soundcard. Went to check email this morning at 8am and the computer screen was "frozen" on the desktop with the clock showing 6:46am. Cold booted but no post. lights, fans work but no boot. Tried different power supply... nothing. Tested os hdd on different computer and was able to read as slave. Tried booting without soundcard, different video card, cdr and dvd disconnected, etc... to no effect. Huge, and I do mean huge electrical storm early morning but the computer was on a dedicated line and connected to a pricey spike and surge protector which also protects the rest of my studio gear and everything else is fine. Protector did not trip nor did the power in the house go out. Also tried resetting the cmos jumper as well to no effect. Frustration ensueing..... Mobo dead? Microcenter (where i bought all the parts new Feb 1st) wants $85 bones just to test it.... No way of testing ram since i don't have another computer. Again, system powers up, you hear one click and then nothing... msi board has lights on back which stick in the "chipset initialization" mode... Any suggestions appreciated as this is a new one for me...