Sunday, 5 May 2019

motherboard - Black Screen when Computer Boots


I'm having a serious problem with my computer; I think I've narrowed it down to the motherboard, but I'd like a second opinion before I spend the money. I have no idea what's wrong.


Before I moved into my new apartment, my desktop was working fine; now, it just won't work. It will turn on, the fans will spin up, lights come on... but nothing appears on the screen. No POST, nothing. I've tried:



  • A different monitor (both are VGA)

  • A different video-card (both are DVI, PCIe)

  • Three different, known-good VGA->DVI adapters

  • The onboard video port (VGA)

  • Reseating the memory, and trying only one stick

  • Different, known-good wall-outlets

  • Unplugging the HDD and CD-drive from both the motherboard and PSU

  • Replacing the PSU

  • Replacing the motherboard

  • Taking the motherboard out and running it on a piece of cardboard


Has anyone had this happen before? Any advice!?


Here are my specs:



  • A13G+ V3.0 motherboard

  • 2 2-gig 800mhz DDR2

  • 600-watt PSU

  • two older Geforce video cards



Answer



Having had this happen to me recently - if the fans turn but there's no beeps even when you remove all the memory modules then it's the motherboard that dead.


The fact that the on-board video doesn't work would lend more support to this theory too.


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