My computer died =(

[Zincq]

Last night, I was running my Duron 800 on an Abit KT7 (not overclocked) and all of the sudden it went into permanent sleep mode. I was playing CS at the time. I cannot diagnose the problem, but I have reason to believe the motherboard is shot. Each time I boot up the computer, there is NO beep. None whatsoever. I removed all the PCI/AGP cards and booted up. No beep. I tried reseating the memory. No beep. At last I took off the chip and booted. No beep. Does this mean the motherboard is dead? Or, if this is all just my imagination, how can I fix this if my computer doesn't even boot up?

 

[Redwingsguy]

probably the mobo, happened to my soyo, no beep no matter what and no display, got it RMAed and everythings fine now!

 

[Zincq]

I keep hearing this "RMA" term. What does it mean?

 

[Redwingsguy]

return manufactor authorization its where you contact abit and tell them its broken blah blah, and they send you a new one and you send them the old one or some form of that, microsoft doesnt require you to send it back

 

[Snowdog]

Same thing happened to me with an Abit BH6 a while back. I had to send it back for a new one. Check your power supply before drawing any conclusions though.

 

[Budman]

May it R.I.P.

 

[Oyeve]

I thought RMA meant Return Merchandise Authorization.

 

[Budman]

RMA stands for Really Messed up Abit .

Or

Return
My
Abit

 

[Zincq]

What do you mean check the power supply? What exactly am I looking for?

 

[dkozloski]

It should be intuitively obvious to the most casual user to check if it is indeed supplying power.

 

[bacillus]

if nothing at all happens when you boot up, have you checked that a fuse isn't blown before blaming anything else!
did you have a surge protector on the power line?

 

[velvtelvis]

yeah
i found that actualy using AMD aproved power supplies helps quite a bit

 

[Redwingsguy]

do you hear any change in noise what so ever when you turn ur computer on? cuz i think some fans should still run

 

[Zincq]

Alright, I powered on my system again. All the fans still spin, even the one in the power supply. I do not hear any funny noises that weren't present before, but it will will not boot up.

 

[shawnmos]

Well then it isn't your powersupply.

 

[bonkers325]

mobo is shot

 

[GreenBeret]

Yank the RAM and see if you get the "no RAM" beep (if you haven't already). Probably RMA time though. Good luck.