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Post by castus on Nov 14, 2008 9:54:54 GMT 10
When to install my second graphics card and when I hit the power button, it flashed on for a second and powered off immediately. Now I can get it to even turn on.
I didn't smell or see any smoke.
I removed the second card and it still won't turn on.
I tried placing the first card into every available slot and no go.
I put my old card in every available slot and no go.
I unplugged and reattached all cables...still nothing.
I cycled my PSU and still nothing.
When i turn on the PSU, it looks like some LEDs on the mobo are lit, the sound card is lit, etc., but it just won't turn on.
Any ideas? I don't know if it's the PSU, mobo, cards or a combination.
I think I may have connected the new card to the wrong slots on the back of my PSU. My cards take two 6-pin PCI-E cables. I had two open 6-pin PCI-E slots on my PSU. But after closer inspection, I saw that those two slots were actually labelled "4-pin floppy" or something like that. It leads me to believe that there was a voltage difference and I fried something.
Like I said before...any ideas?
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Post by gbsilk on Nov 14, 2008 14:52:58 GMT 10
Well I have an idea - a little word called Karma... (see previous post re Woot I got my copy)
On the plus side I now have a Wrath copy too (two in fact) - good luck with it mate. Maybe I'll see you in Northrend...
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Post by castus on Nov 14, 2008 17:42:52 GMT 10
Ya, I was thinking the same thing. However, I did find out that the mobo is fried.
So....
Anyone saavy with comps that can tell me how I do a mobo swap? What do I need to do or what can I expect to happen when I put the new board in? I have Windows Vista Ultimate. Will I need to reload the OS from scratch?
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Post by gbsilk on Nov 17, 2008 8:41:22 GMT 10
Hey mate - any luck?
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Post by apollor on Nov 17, 2008 15:06:56 GMT 10
Bummer that :-(
If you can get the exact same MB then life would be easy, just swap it out and go.
However, chances of that are going to be limited since motherboards change so frequently. Obviously you'll get a match for CPU and memory and so on, so that you're just replacing the motherboard.
As for what to expect, Vista is a new and different beast, my understanding of the home-edition licensing is that if you change more than 3 (three) hardware items since the original install configuration then you will need to "reactivate" your install but it should still boot and rediscover things okay.
As for re-installing, you shouldn't need to. Boot up will most likely need a few reboots, as it discovers new motherboard devices etc (because it's a new board type) with luck you'll get a board that uses common brand controllers/chipsets etc and this stuff will be quick, so should be up and running in no time.
If booting doesn't 'just work', next is to try an OS recovery using the install media. Basically an in place overwrite of the OS. This should re-discover any hardware, and re-apply drivers and "repair" the install without destroying the installed-software repository and any application or user data.
It's an option from the CD I believe called a 'Recovery' or similar.
Failing all that... Re-format and reinstall. Hopefully the first option just works.
Good luck, and hope you get it working soon :-)
-Apo
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Post by castus on Nov 17, 2008 15:16:31 GMT 10
Ya...tried all that...can't get past the BIOS screen...won't even respond to keyboard inputs...won't read the OS CD-ROM either...
It basically freezes on the BIOS screen...
A couple of times it went to the screen that lets you boot in Safe Mode, but one press of the up arrow on the keyboard and it froze. Now I can't even get to the BIOS setup by hitting the delete key.
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