Computer problems go from bad to worse

[renzokuken]

ok, last might my computer blew up. Assumed it was the PSU and i have just replaced it.

I powered it on with the case lid off and almost immediately a small fire started on my motherboard......F**K !!!

Ok, i have checked the manual and the bit that caught fire/melted/burned out just smokes both times i tried powering on since.

My mobo is an Asus A8V Deluxe........the bit causing the problem (if problem is an appropriate word) is the USBPWR56/USBPWR78 which is responsible for "USB device wake-up"

Is this going to be a case of an expensive repair job or just a brand new motherboard altogether?????

Any advice would be really helpful, especially from someone who works in PC repairs regarding costs!!

Thanks

[PapaWiskas]

Well if you brought this to my support team, I work in IT...I would be changing out the Motherboard, without a doubt.

Sorry. I know that is probably not what you wanted to hear. But unless you do a bunch of circuit testing, you truly dont know what all has been damaged or if it will continue to damage other parts and burn up something else.

Fire is bad.

[Stormy Eyes]

Is the motherboard under warranty? Just replace it, dude.

[renzokuken]

Thats the answer i was expecting to be honest..........

oh well........gonna have to be a new mobo, thats another £100 off of my "hi-fi speaker fund".

anyone recommend a decent socket-939 mobo with an AGP slot that supports PC3200 (DDR400) ram?

i'f you'll excuse me im gonna go cry for a while

[Stew2]

Ouch! My condolences on the board. That sucks! Isn't Asus's warranty something like 3 years? I have two Asus boards, I will have to check the warranty card, I dont know if it is diffrent from Canada to the UK though. Weird too... Asus boards are usually pretty much infallable.
Regards,
Stew


Edit: Shoot! I can't seem to find the warranty card... I'm almost sure it was 3 years though.

[majikstreet]

eek! please tell me you didn't put out that fire with water!

ot: reminds me of a grey's anatomy episode where this lady's heart catches on fire..

[Kapre]

eek! please tell me you didn't put out that fire with water!

ot: reminds me of a grey's anatomy episode where this lady's heart catches on fire..

Hey! That was just last night. She survived the operation.

renzo: Sorry for your mobo.

[mips]

What about your warranty ?

You can have a look at the Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 motherboard.

[BoyOfDestiny]

Thats the answer i was expecting to be honest..........

oh well........gonna have to be a new mobo, thats another £100 off of my "hi-fi speaker fund".

anyone recommend a decent socket-939 mobo with an AGP slot that supports PC3200 (DDR400) ram?

i'f you'll excuse me im gonna go cry for a while

Well, mine is a bit "old", I've got an asus sk8n nforce3. Has 4 slots for ram, supports dual channel and ddr 400 (have 4 x 512 running it just fine.) AGP slot, 8x. With my fancy radeon 9250 based card ;)

[Mr_J_]

Sorry to hear that!
Just read another post about bad Asus boards, and I have one.

It's in my sig...
Been working fine for me. Just hope it stays working fine.
There is an AGP version for it.

[majikstreet]

Hey! That was just last night. She survived the operation.

renzo: Sorry for your mobo.
yeah I know..
anyway I'll stop steering the thread off topic..

/me closes the off topic road.

[renzokuken]

tis ok now.....i have a new mobo installed and i'm back....

i had to reinstall breezy but didnt take long and all my data is backed up anyway.

just glad it didnt wipe any of my hard drives, although i think it wiped out one of my RAM sticks....prollly should run memtest really but cant be arsed right now.

just glad to be back

[Stew2]

Glad to hear you are back up and running! :D