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Compton

05-18-2015, 06:43 PM
my motherboard recently went bad this is how I troubleshoot it

how to troubleshoot a PC that's   powering  on but no display


what it could be

bad memory

bad motherboard

bad video card

bad CPU  

bad power supply

lets  troubleshoot


first unplug  DVD/CD Rom and HDD only need the memory and CPU for display    


lets  start with your video card


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take out your video card get  one that"s working
if still  no display your video is good


memory

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if you take out  your memory  getting a beeping  sound bad memory
if no beeping sound memory good



power supply

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if you take out your power supply with a working power supply get a display bad power supply if still no display power supply good



motherboard

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at this point I would say bad motherboard is your problem  


CPU


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99% of times CPU don,t go bad

Britec

05-19-2015, 03:55 PM
Nice tutorial, thanks.

Timster

05-21-2015, 03:00 AM
Nice one Compton.
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