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**Compton** · (This post was last modified: 02-05-2017, 05:16 PM by Compton.)

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.