Chromos1048
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Behold; a problem that has baffled everyone:
I posted about this a while back, but I have more information now, and I desperately need to get to the bottom of this, so I'll try once more.
In a nutshell, my computer won't boot into BIOS, and does not POST.
I've ruled out RAM, put the stick in another pc and it booted up fine; ran memtest for 8 hours, no errors.(I did get BSODs referring to RAM problem before I wasn't able to boot up at all though) But yet it seems to some kind of RAM issue though... because if I put in a brand new stick the pc will boot up just fine, but will only run for about 30 mins to an hour before it does what I have deemed the "semi-shut down", and will not reboot. When IO push the power button, the fans spin, the printer and speakers come on(they do not beep) but I can't POST. The only thing that comes up on screen is the generic monitor message it gives when it's not plugged into the mobo but is turned on.
I bought a new cpu thinking it could be a problem- no change.
Tried a different PSU of equal voltage- no change.
Ran mobo outside of case to check for grounding- no change.
Tried booting with no peripherals, opticals, or HDD- no change.
This actually happened on two consecutive boards, and I RMA'd both, but MSI can find nothing wrong with either board.. my guess is that they didn't read my note I sent with the mobos and simply didn't let it run long enough.
At this point, MSI volunteered to replace both boards, but I'm afraid the problem will happen again unless I find the source of the problem. It just HAS to be hardware related, and yet I can't find out what is doing this. It's possible that whatever did this just messed it permanently so now it can't be corrected at all.
So, what is the likely hardware candidate here?
My specs:
-MSI 845GCM478 mobo
Pentium 4 3ghz 800fsb HT(also have a Celeron D 3.06 ghz 533fsb that was in there, the pentium is the new one I just got. Whether it's the problem, I don't know... doesn't seem to be though.)
-Antec 350W Smartpower 2.0 PSU.(maybe I need more juice?)
-320 GB WD Caviar HDD
-32X CD/DVD drives
-16x DVD drive
-1 gb Crucial 667 Ram(but runs at only 177 according to memetest...)
Built in graphics card and video card(but I do want to upgrade as soon as I can get the thing working right).
One thing else I can think that might be a clue is that the light around the power button in tower face is yellow instead of green, and that little light below it stays yellow. My mobo has no LEDs so I couldn't tell you about that.
Help is appreciated. Chime in with anything you have please; nothing is a stupid answer at this point... I have online classes I need to do an no working pc- this needs to be wrapped up before I go insane.
I posted about this a while back, but I have more information now, and I desperately need to get to the bottom of this, so I'll try once more.
In a nutshell, my computer won't boot into BIOS, and does not POST.
I've ruled out RAM, put the stick in another pc and it booted up fine; ran memtest for 8 hours, no errors.(I did get BSODs referring to RAM problem before I wasn't able to boot up at all though) But yet it seems to some kind of RAM issue though... because if I put in a brand new stick the pc will boot up just fine, but will only run for about 30 mins to an hour before it does what I have deemed the "semi-shut down", and will not reboot. When IO push the power button, the fans spin, the printer and speakers come on(they do not beep) but I can't POST. The only thing that comes up on screen is the generic monitor message it gives when it's not plugged into the mobo but is turned on.
I bought a new cpu thinking it could be a problem- no change.
Tried a different PSU of equal voltage- no change.
Ran mobo outside of case to check for grounding- no change.
Tried booting with no peripherals, opticals, or HDD- no change.
This actually happened on two consecutive boards, and I RMA'd both, but MSI can find nothing wrong with either board.. my guess is that they didn't read my note I sent with the mobos and simply didn't let it run long enough.
At this point, MSI volunteered to replace both boards, but I'm afraid the problem will happen again unless I find the source of the problem. It just HAS to be hardware related, and yet I can't find out what is doing this. It's possible that whatever did this just messed it permanently so now it can't be corrected at all.
So, what is the likely hardware candidate here?
My specs:
-MSI 845GCM478 mobo
Pentium 4 3ghz 800fsb HT(also have a Celeron D 3.06 ghz 533fsb that was in there, the pentium is the new one I just got. Whether it's the problem, I don't know... doesn't seem to be though.)
-Antec 350W Smartpower 2.0 PSU.(maybe I need more juice?)
-320 GB WD Caviar HDD
-32X CD/DVD drives
-16x DVD drive
-1 gb Crucial 667 Ram(but runs at only 177 according to memetest...)
Built in graphics card and video card(but I do want to upgrade as soon as I can get the thing working right).
One thing else I can think that might be a clue is that the light around the power button in tower face is yellow instead of green, and that little light below it stays yellow. My mobo has no LEDs so I couldn't tell you about that.
Help is appreciated. Chime in with anything you have please; nothing is a stupid answer at this point... I have online classes I need to do an no working pc- this needs to be wrapped up before I go insane.