MrPookieGSU
Technical User
Hello,
My sister's (ex-)boyfriend completely overhauled her PC about a year ago, and this summer it died. It has an ECS K75SA motherboard with with an Athlon 1800 (I think) and 256MB RAM. At first, the PC would power on; there would be a click and burning smell; then, it would turn itself off. I noticed the video card fan was dying/dead, so I replaced the video card - no change. I tried replacing the 250W power supply with a 300W power supply, and it did the same thing. Then, I replaced the motherboard and CPU. Now, it doesn't click and power itself off, but it does not boot up either, so we returned the board to the store. Also, one of her hard drives is dead (makes horrible clicking noises if plugged in). I have tried booting the system with NOTHING plugged in, and I get the same results. Please help with any suggestions. Is it possible for the problem to be the case!?
Mr Pookie
My sister's (ex-)boyfriend completely overhauled her PC about a year ago, and this summer it died. It has an ECS K75SA motherboard with with an Athlon 1800 (I think) and 256MB RAM. At first, the PC would power on; there would be a click and burning smell; then, it would turn itself off. I noticed the video card fan was dying/dead, so I replaced the video card - no change. I tried replacing the 250W power supply with a 300W power supply, and it did the same thing. Then, I replaced the motherboard and CPU. Now, it doesn't click and power itself off, but it does not boot up either, so we returned the board to the store. Also, one of her hard drives is dead (makes horrible clicking noises if plugged in). I have tried booting the system with NOTHING plugged in, and I get the same results. Please help with any suggestions. Is it possible for the problem to be the case!?
Mr Pookie