Birdy rig failures :'( - Page 2

sktworkshop06 · November 29th, 2006

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Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

My cousin built an AM2 rig for his girlfriend. I'm not sure whether I could get hold of that for testing or not. But I don't believe it's the RAM. It really stinks, but I think it's actually the motherboard :'(

I ended up selling that rig for like $500. You should have got ocz gold instead of the value select stuff.

We tried like 3 or 4 video cards in this computer and one worked half the time, one didnt work at all, and the new 7300 didnt seem to work at all. I am convinced that the problem is the mobo.

**Hitman** · November 29th, 2006

Sounds like the MoBo to me. If it was me I would return it for a MoBo that has a chipset that is known to work with Linux.

yurimxpxman · November 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Hitman

Sounds like the MoBo to me. If it was me I would return it for a MoBo that has a chipset that is known to work with Linux.

nForce 4 ;) Dang that stinks. You're right, too. I'd like to know why it won't work though. It worked fine for a day and then just konked out. Rich sent me that mobo for free, so I'm disappointed that it konked out after he took the trouble to send it to me. I'll see if I can whip up a different board though :(

BTW, I checked the coolers and they were all seated just fine. But after I did, it occurred to me that it couldn't have been a thermal problem because it doesn't even send anything out to the monitor most of the time, despite the fact that it runs and starts the OS.

I also laid it all out across my counter to see if it was a grounding problem, and it did the same thing. I also checked for thermal grease on the board, but it was as clean as a whistle. It's so strange!

beatnuts96 · November 30th, 2006

Perhaps UPS used it as a hockey puck before delivering it to you....

Capper · November 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Hitman

Sounds like the MoBo to me. If it was me I would return it for a MoBo that has a chipset that is known to work with Linux.

Its not the mobo, that board is brand new, and was only used to write the review, then put right back into the box

**Hitman** · November 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Capper

Its not the mobo, that board is brand new, and was only used to write the review, then put right back into the box

Just making a guess, hard to tell without actually seeing whats going on.

It's very possible that Yuri Borked it.

Panda Man · November 30th, 2006

Service was down in my area last night, I didn't get a chance to post.

Your power supply is a cheap, generic one, with dual 12V rails. And to my understanding, rail 1 is dedicated solely to the CPU, and second rail is dedicated to everything else located on the motherboard (including the video card and other PCI cards and RAM).

400W MAY be enough to power your system, but the fact that it's a cheap one with a >70% efficiency and a 12V2@16A rail makes me believe that this is a power supply related issue. See if you can get yourself a different PSU to test out.

Blondie · November 30th, 2006

specs....

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Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

Black Enermax case w/ window (refurbished) - $19.95
eVGA 7300GT 256MB - $69.99
x2 3800+ - $144.99
Sennheiser headset - $35.99
Fortron PSU 400w - $41.50
Asus 16x DVD burner (newegg was out of lite-on.. this one had free shipping tho) - $29.99
Corsair 1GB DDR2 667 Value RAM (gonna replace it with 2GB good stuff when I can) - $101.40
400GB Barracuda (already own it)
Motherboard: ECS KA3 MVP

If you do get it booted, go into the CP and enable the blue screens (disable restarting). That will at least give you a blue screen if something is bad. Did you try booting in safe mode?

Also, can you post some of the blue screen messages you got?

Looking at the PSU link, my 1st thought would be to switch it out; reviews aren't the greatest.

I'd also recheck everything. Are you sure something isn't shorting out or that you have the HSF on correctly?

Another question I have is, the HD is it an IDE or sata?

sktworkshop06 · November 30th, 2006

It is SATA. I am still convinced that it is the mobo. We tried 3 video cards. 1 pci express and 2 pci and none seemed to work properly, but at least one of them works perfectly in one of the other computers at his house. That same card only worked about 30% of the times that we tried it.
Josh, try takin the psu out of your parents computer and stickin in yours and see what happens... Just a thought.

yurimxpxman · November 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Hitman

It's very possible that Yuri Borked it.

That's what I'm afraid of, though I don't see how. And what's really strange about it is that it worked perfectly for one day. I don't understand what could have gone wrong because it didn't fail until I just walked into my room the next night and it was locked up.

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

Service was down in my area last night, I didn't get a chance to post.

Your power supply is a cheap, generic one, with dual 12V rails. And to my understanding, rail 1 is dedicated solely to the CPU, and second rail is dedicated to everything else located on the motherboard (including the video card and other PCI cards and RAM).

400W MAY be enough to power your system, but that fact that its a cheap one with a >70% efficiency and a 12V2@16A rail makes me believe that this a power supply related issue. See if you can get yourself a different PSU to test out.

I highly doubt that since it did the same thing with almost no hardware running, but I'll give it a try.

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