dead pc

MajorR

my pc has died and by process of elimination i've narrowed it down to either the cpu or the motherboard. does anyone know of a way to in which i can find out which one is the problem without taking pot luck and buying a replacement part. only thing i could think of was to take the ram out and the board gave me the 3 beep error but is this an sign that the board is fine???

all advice welcome

albertross_2

does anything come on screen?

if it beeps, it sounds like the motherboard may be ok.

is it a self build?

niceguyrichy

if it beeps during post it's almost certainly the mobo that's fried

Shawz

This might help

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading/post-beep-codes.htm

MajorR

does anything come on screen?

if it beeps, it sounds like the motherboard may be ok.

is it a self build?

no, the monitor doesnt switch on from being on standby, when i tried the hard drive in another machine it locked up during boot and i've had to format it.

if it beeps during post it's almost certainly the mobo that's fried

the board bleeps because i've taken the ram out, thats whats supposed to happen