Motherboard dying? 1

[EvilCabal]

Hi,

here are the symptoms. My PC won't boot at all. After the system password I either get a black screen or garbage color and it freezes, even when I unplug all disk drives or when I boot from a diskette (you can see the disk reader read for a second though). The weirdest thing is, if I turn the computer on the side everything works fine, for now.

I believe the motherboard is defective but before changing it I wanted some opinions.

Thanks.

Fred

 

[electronicsfreak]

Sounds like you have a card or plug loose. Make sure all cards are securely in place and screwed down. Double check everything on the board. I think somethings loose.

 

[EvilCabal]

Nope, everything was fine but moving it around actually made it work on the right side. Damn intermitent errors...

Any other thoughts?

 

[KevinADC]

keep it on it's side then!

Just kidding, I have to agree, sounds like a loose connection somewhere or a bad monitor cable.

 

[KevinADC]

ahh, we posted at the same time, glad you got it working on the right side. Now jst don't use your computer case to store all your old books and coffee mugs on top of anymore!

 

[paparazi]

EvilCabal
I have seen this a couple of times with failing power supplies, rare I admit.
Also check for bulging capacitors on the motherboard see

http://www.badcaps.com

for acccurate description

Martin

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[spongmonkey]

I would also suggest reseating the memory and the processor as well as the points raised by paparazi.