Second dead Mobo in 6 weeks?

[dcook22]

Hi all,

In Mid-May I posted this:

Hey all,

Just want to confirm what I suspect.

My wife's rig won't power on. No fans, no lights, nothing. I attached her rig's psu to my rig's mobo and hit the switch and got power, so the PSU works. I plugged that PSU back into her rig's mobo and tried shorting the Power Switch pins and got nothing. So I'm figuring the mobo is dead because it looks like the PSU and switch are not the issue. Is there something else I am leaving out? Another troubleshooting step?

Thanks in advance.

BTW... AMD rig with Asrock mobo. Running Vista Home Premium.

I ended up swapping out the old motherboard ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157160 ) for a new motherboard: ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157309 )


Well, after working fine for six weeks, my wife got a BSOD in the middle of last week. she rebooted and everything was fine. I shut down her PC (properly) before we left for a long weekend. We returned today and her computer won't turn on. Same symptoms as before. No lights, no fans, nothing.

I have not run the same PSU tests yet. I drove 9-hours today and will get to troubleshooting the PC tomorrow.

I just find it almost unbelieveable that I would have a second mobo failure in a month and a half after years of solid running. Could the PSU be frying the motherboards? I don't even know if that is possible.

If anyone can provide any thoughts or insight, I would be grateful. My "scorched earth" solution is to buy a new case, mobo, and PSU justto cover all the bases. But I would prefer to go with a less expensive solution.

Any thoughts, folks?

Thanks,

Dan


p.s. I had to reinstall Vista when I installed the new mobo in the PC. The original board was no longer available. I hesitate to buy the same Asrock board I have now because of two Asrock failures. But I doubt I'd have to reinstall again because I can replace the current board with the same model.

[blackstar]

what power supply is in there?

[dcook22]

what power supply is in there?

Thanks for the reply...

A Cooler Master 460

RS-460 PMSR-A3

[red_dog007]

RMA mobo, use the new one.

I'd say PSU is going out. How old is it?

[blackstar]

^^ i'd also RMA the board, i'd be tempted to get something with an AMD chipset on instead.
(even if they will only send you same model back, you could sell new unboxed on ebay).
i'm only basing that on my short run of trying nVidia AMD boards and getting 1 faulty and one DOA in a row.

does the PSU have any warranty left?

[dcook22]

Thanks for the replies.

PSU is at least a couple of years old. Maybe as much as four. I doubt there's any warranty left so I'll get a new one.

I don't think I can RMA the board back to newegg because it is >30 days since I bought it. Might be worth a phone call, though. The manufacturer can RMA it for me, though, right?


Just so I am understanding... Can a PSU burn out mobo's like this?

[blackstar]

back when everything was beige it was pretty common. im sure it still can.

get something cheap and decent and made by seasonic.

ya the board should have a manufacturer warranty for sure at that age.