Computer randomly stop posting

[Pierre Dabrunst]

I have an issue with my main gaming rig...

 

It worked just fine for a long time.  After a reboot, it just stopped posting.  Pulled the motherboard out and put it on my testbench to see if it was shorting somewhere, but still the same issue...

Tested Methods:

-Changed GPU - Same Response

-Changed RAM - Same Response

-Chear BIOS - Same Response

-Change Battery - Same Response

I cannot change the CPU since I don't have another CPU that fits the motherboard but it seems unlikly that the CPU would just die randomly after working for several months.

 

Does anyone know what the issue might be with this? I tried everything I could think of with the resources at my disposal at the time...

[NerdyNoob]

Can you state what kind of problems you were facing?

[NerdyNoob]

7 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

I have an issue with my main gaming rig...

 

It worked just fine for a long time.  After a reboot, it just stopped posting.  Pulled the motherboard out and put it on my testbench to see if it was shorting somewhere, but still the same issue...

Tested Methods:

-Changed GPU - Same Response

-Changed RAM - Same Response

-Chear BIOS - Same Response

-Change Battery - Same Response

I cannot change the CPU since I don't have another CPU that fits the motherboard but it seems unlikly that the CPU would just die randomly after working for several months.

 

Does anyone know what the issue might be with this? I tried everything I could think of with the resources at my disposal at the time...

Sorry, I read the article too fast I suppose

[NerdyNoob]

ignore this reply

[Windows7ge]

The way the system boots (to my knowledge, correct me if I'm inaccurate) is during initial boot the BIOS loads the kernel into memory (like a manager to distribute work and take requests). It then checks what hardware is available to it. Checks the boot loader and boots to whatever device is selected. If successful it hands control of the system over to the OS. If for any reason the BIOS kernel fails to load, the system will hang indefinitely during POST and do nothing.

 

In other words. The motherboard may be defective. You can try a BIOS update if you're not running the latest version.

[Pierre Dabrunst]

10 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

The way the system boots (to my knowledge, correct me if I'm inaccurate) is during initial boot the BIOS loads the kernel into memory (like a manager to distribute work and take requests). It then checks what hardware is available to it. Checks the boot loader and boots to whatever device is selected. If successful it hands control of the system over to the OS. If for any reason the BIOS kernel fails to load, the system will hang indefinitely during POST and do nothing.

 

In other words. The motherboard may be defective. You can try a BIOS update if you're not running the latest version.

The motherboard dosen't post at all.  No image what so ever.  So I cannot flush the BIOS, check anything etc.... No boot etc... Just a black screen.  Thats the issue.

[Windows7ge]

9 minutes ago, Pierre Dabrunst said:

The motherboard dosen't post at all.  No image what so ever.  So I cannot flush the BIOS, check anything etc.... No boot etc... Just a black screen.  Thats the issue.

You're right, sorry it's 1:40AM here so I'm a little out of it.

 

This isn't a solution but look the board up online and see if it has a reputation of spontaneously failing to POST. If a large some of people have had similar issues then you're just one of the lucky ones whose board lasted them a while.

[RadeonChan]

It's time consuming, but you could just completely dis-assemble your rig and re-build it. Gives you a chance to make sure all connections are secure and that your hardware is seated correctly in their respective slots. If still no dice, sounds like you could have a dead board on your hands.

Edited February 28, 2017 by RadeonChan
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[Pierre Dabrunst]

On 2017-02-28 at 10:27 AM, RadeonChan said:

It's time consuming, but you could just completely dis-assemble your rig and re-build it. Gives you a chance to make sure all connections are secure and that your hardware is seated correctly in their respective slots. If still no dice, sounds like you could have a dead board on your hands.

I already tried it.  I put the motherboard on a motherboard box and only put in the essential stuff for a board to post (PSU, CPU, RAM, GPU).  I tested with a external GPU as well as the I-GPU.  I know the components works since I already have the CPU, RAM and PU on another board.

 

The thing is that it stopped post after a regular reboot.  It worked for about 2-3 years in a row no issues what so ever and it just stopped post randomly.  Tested with a new BIOS battery (or whatever you want to call it), same results.

 

I doubt the board would be dead since it worked for 3 years that I had it.  I bought the board used from a friend that had it running for 2 years and no issues there either.

 

What do you guys recommend? Recycle the board or take it to a professional business and see if they can figure out if the board is dead (they might have tools that they can test the  board with).

 

If it's dead, then it's dead.  I got a new board anyway now, but I was going to use the board as a guest PC for LAN if a friends comes over or turn it into a NAS at some point (I have 32GB RAM and 20TB storage for it that I can put in alongside with FreeNAS and a QuadCore CPU).