Comment on What do I need to trouble shoot second hand desktop computer? And how?
vivavideri@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Depending on what cpu it is, you should be able to try it without the gpu. Also Google the mobo and try to find its manual. The manual will tell you things like what you can plug in and where. It’ll tell you compatibility crap too. You’ll have two spots on the back where you plug in the displayport/hdmi cable for your monitor – the gpu, and the mobo. Use mobo port and take out the gpu and see if it starts. POST is key. My old gigabyte was a badass and had a led number box so troubleshooting was cake. With other ones, there’s gonna be miscellaneous spots with lil lights that’ll blink (the manual for the mobo will tell you)
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Amazingly the computer came with the motherboard manual. I think something was wrong or a component was incompatible with the old one, and they had this one available.
Someone else suggested buying a speaker to hook up so I can hear the beeps. Do the lights provide the same info as the beeps?
Muehe@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Yes, but whether you have lights or just beeps depends on your board. I think yours does not have the lights, just the speaker pins.
vivavideri@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I poked around at your manual lol. Image
Image #11. System panel. One left of it is for the wee speaker. Also check that your chassis is wired up to this correctly, or, better yet, you can be a madlad and unplug it all and see what works. The caveat to that is… you have to know what order to do that in. Generally, your power supply has wires that go to all sorts of stuff, make dang sure you don’t power your cpu for very long without the fan/cooler. Once you know the cpu power and fan is working, keep plugging more stuff in til you find the problem. I’d also mention if anyone hasn’t, be mindful of static.
vivavideri@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah. There should be a page in the manual with a diagram of your board and it’ll tell you where.