[wellylug] I think my motherboards gone.... :-(

[Jamie Dobbs]

Personally the first thing I'd try would be another PSU, failing that 
different RAM.

Jethro Carr wrote:

>hi all,
>
>I have a issue with my desktop, which is only a couple of weeks old,
>booting.
>
>PROBLEM::
>Yesterday, I turned it on. Just after grub started the kernel, the
>system locked up. I had booted it up the day before, and I had made no
>changes to any configuration. I turned it off & started it again. This
>time it locked up, just after the ram test, before the drive test.
>
>I've noticed a slight whiny noise too, which never existed before.
>
>
>ATTEMPTS TO FIX::
>I opened the case & had it on. All the fans, including the CPU's are
>going fine.
>
>I left it off & unplugged from the mains for about 30 minutes. When I
>came back I turned it on, but it locked up, just after the kernal
>started. When I rebooted it locks up after the ram again.
>
>I tried unplugging the hard disk to see if that was it, but it made no
>difference.
>
>
>DIAGNOSTIC::
>I think it might be a failing capaciter on my motherboard. This would
>explain the whiny noise, and also explain how unplugging the pc from the
>mains helps it to get to the kernel boot, as the capaciter gets drained
>as the pc is off.
>
>
>Can anyone else confirm with my diagnostic based on the info given?
>
>
>The motherboard is a Gigabyte K8VT800 Pro.
>
>
>
>thanks,
>
>  
>



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