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Oct 8th, 2009, 02:51 PM
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Ok, so my computer crashed the other night and I went through a sereis or steps to isolate the issue (including new PSU) and now its down to CPU or mobo. One of the two are obviously faulty.
Here is the whole story:
Bad PSU or what? - Virtual Dr Forums-Computer Tech Support
Please advice what I should do.
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Oct 8th, 2009, 03:07 PM
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Director GupShup
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From the link within that link, it seems that your mobo is about 2 years old, You bought that from newegg in 2007. I am not computer expert but my computer was doing the same thing. It seems at the end that my mobo was too weak (or had some hardware support issues) and was kind of short circuiting. I dumped the whole computer and bought a brandname desktop from an electronic store.
"Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe."~Lex Luthor
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Oct 8th, 2009, 03:52 PM
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Well, visit the closest Microcenter and buy a CPU and plug it in, so then you'd know which of the 2 is causing the issue 
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Oct 8th, 2009, 04:00 PM
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Thank you Tofi. You are a big help.
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Oct 8th, 2009, 04:36 PM
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Asif, what would u do without me! 
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Oct 8th, 2009, 05:04 PM
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^ Electricute myself and then sue the Electric company. 
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Oct 15th, 2009, 05:14 AM
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Check the capacitors on the CPU fan power connection. Also monitor the voltage on the CPU fan power connector.
These varying voltages are mostly caused by either a capacitor or an inductor failure.
My motherboard also failed recently where a capacitor on the AGP connection burst (yes AGP!).
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