Is it my power supply?

[mendozer87]

i see. is there a diagnostic thing i can do to make sure it's the mobo before i shell out the buko bucks and replace my mobo and maybe cpu (although its a decent cpu)

edit: I'm DL some diagnostic software to see if anything pops out, like CPU-Z, hot cpu tester, FreeRAM CP Pro, and HWMonitor


overkill I know

 

[Peter.Cort]

Your CPU is most likely fine. The only diagnostic thing I can think of is a PSU tester. There really isn't a motherboard tester that I know, but if the PSU checks out then I would replace the mobo.

 

[mendozer87]

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this is what i got from cpu-z, freeRAM, and HWMonitor. teh cpu tester would have taken 6 hours so screw that

 

[patonb]

Have you checked the front panel connections... They vcery well could be your issue.

 

[Slaymate]

@ mendozer87, please don't double post, if you have something else to add to the conversation and no one has posted a reply since your last post (within a 24 hr. period), please use the edit button (looks like a pencil) to add it to your previous post.

 

[mendozer87]

i'll check those connections when i turn it off. i've been anxious to turn it off and watch it so south. Although when i was cleaning the whole case, the wires running to the mobo from the front panel were in tact

 

[patonb]

Make sure theyre put in right aswell.

 

[mendozer87]

yup they're in there tight. i just looked up my athlon xp, it's a socket A and i don't believe any new mobo would comply with that. that means new chip too. i'll try to ride it out as long as i can until the mobo goes completely kapoot