If a Motherboard fails:

[crepesack]

If a motherboard fails on my computer, can i just replace it and pop the old chip into it? or do I have to do something special. Secondly, if i want to replace my mobo/cpu, do i just get a new motherboard and chip put them in and take out the old one? Or is there some extraneous process. I'm really computer illiterate sorry.

edit: i know about chipsets and what not already, i'm just wondering if there is more procedure than that.

 

[jpomail]

Mobo dead = Replace mobo with one that works withh all ur other parts, unless you have an OEM OS that might cause it to say somthing like "your windows is not valid"

Cpu dead = Replace cpu with same socket type Cpu

 

[crepesack]

Well if you want to keep your current CPU, you need to buy a new motherboard with the same Socket. Depending how it failed, it's possible it could have killed some or all of the components on it, though I would have had to fail catastrophically for that.

Replacing a motherborad is long a tedious as you have to unplug every connexion, take out all the components sitting on it (RAM, GPU, CPU/HSF and Any PCI cards), put the new one in, put every component back, replug everything, see if everything works and have windows tell you you need to re-activate... The CPU portion alone pisses me off as Intel LGA sockets have very awkward Heatsink/Fan screw-holes and screws.



Best o' luck though

i know how to assemble the wires and cables (i have them labeled with masking tape HDD, CPU, GPU, EDRV, etc.)

i was just interested in replacing my mobo/cpu because my current chipset (945) isn't supported anymore and the mobo I have is locked so it makes it really annoying while overclocking, having to rely on hit and miss software.

 

[drakenabarion]

If your mother board died, it could have taken down any of the other components in your PC. Some components might appear to work at first but stability might be an issue. (e.g. faulty ram will cause random BSOD in windows).

Depending on the damage, you may need to consider updating the components as you determine which have failed.

Be sure that the new motherboard works with your processor. Once you replace your motherboard, hopefully you will get a successful beep and a happy boot into windows or whichever OS you are using. If not, then its trial and error from there.

Check the mother board manual to understand the beep tones. There is usually a list.

If you have connected everything correctly, yet when you power up the system, only the lights and fans turn on, but NOTHING else happens, then its likely the CPU has blown, or the mother board does not support the CPU.

Apart from that, just follow the beep codes on start-up. Once you get windows loaded you can find hardware test apps to determine if any component is compromised.


***Whenever you remove the CPU heat sink, always clean the CPU and reapply the thermal compound***

Good luck with this. I hope the damage is not too severe.

 

[aakibar]

ur fucked also depends on how it has died if it was by a lighting strike everything is fried if not most of the stuff should be fine, just make sure your new mobo supports you chip and you should be fine.

good luck dude

 

[stone0042]

Ouch, i feel for you if you're having these issues. I could answer, but everything i would say has already been said, and is what you need to do.

 

[crepesack]

Well if you want to keep your current CPU, you need to buy a new motherboard with the same Socket. Depending how it failed, it's possible it could have killed some or all of the components on it, though I would have had to fail catastrophically for that.

Replacing a motherborad is long a tedious as you have to unplug every connexion, take out all the components sitting on it (RAM, GPU, CPU/HSF and Any PCI cards), put the new one in, put every component back, replug everything, see if everything works and have windows tell you you need to re-activate... The CPU portion alone pisses me off as Intel LGA sockets have very awkward Heatsink/Fan screw-holes and screws.



Best o' luck though

i know how to assemble the wires and cables (i have them labeled with masking tape HDD, CPU, GPU, EDRV, etc.)

i was just interested in replacing my mobo/cpu because my current chipset (945) isn't supported anymore and the mobo I have is locked so it makes it really annoying while overclocking, having to rely on hit and miss software.

Well if you want to replace both the mobo and CPU, then the only compatibility issues would be with regards to DDR2 vs. DDR3 and AGP vs. PCI-E.

What's your current GPU and RAM? And what mobo/CPU do you have in mind, if any?

Edit: Oh and as I first said and another poster pointed out, your current components might not even work anymore...

pciE slot gpu i know that works on just about any MOBO and it's working on ddr2 memory (i know sad)
1gig of ram LOL this comp was made in 2003 sorry by now everyone has 2g-4g haha.
I'm thinking of switching from intel to AMD considering mobo's are more aplenty for those types of chips. While intel always has silly billy locked mobo's.Otherwise i haven't considered what mobo/cpu i want probably ill go with ASUS/AMD.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

to answer your question yes

if you don't know what you're doing, then take the pc into a computer store and have them fix it, tell them exactly what you want