: A computer with a broken motherboard can make other computers crash too. Is there any help or advice here?
: A computer with a broken motherboard can make other computers crash too. Is there any help or advice here?
Hello, glad you can make it. So here is what we're dealing with. Your little brother's computer is not booting! MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 CPU: AMD (I'll have to edit this part when I find out the type) GPU: GTX 770 HD: Western Digital 6TB OS: It was windows 10 So you start the computer... and nothing, okay... Lets try mashing del, F2, F1, all the keys. Nothing... Okay... lets start removing ram sticks and changing orientation Nothing... Graphics Card? Removed... Nothing... All the connections firmly connected... yep. Any visible signs of soot, or shortage... not a sign Okay... off to Amazon to buy an AM3+ motherboard, a cheap ASRock 970M Pro3 will do. Changing the parts, booting the computer, and we have BIOS great! Enter the computer, backup data, all is well. Return computer to little brother. Little brother texts... computer is not booting! Strange... it was working a day ago Repeat process again, and nothing... Time to reset CMOS, and that does bring you back into boot. But when the computer shutdown and turned back on again, no boot... Maybe somethings wrong with Windows, lets install a random flavor of linux Deb12 will do for no particular reason. Deb12 installed, restarted, no boot. New motherboard so old component failing? Motherboard needs update? Flash the bios? Maybe it the memory? In the meantime little brother is getting impatient and decides to buy new computer... cool now a new toy for us to fix and convert to a home lab. While I try different things, I'll document here.
When posting a thread about nature problems, it's normal to share all your system details. Please list them like this: CPU, cooler, motherboard, RAM, SSD or HDD, GPU, power supply unit, case, OS, and monitor. Also tell us how old the PSU is besides its make and model. If you used an old PSU from a previous build, that could be what's causing your issues.
I've realized I used the wrong words. It looks like this system will turn on, but it won't start up properly after power comes back. Lutfij, here are all the details about what you have: CPU is an AMD FX-8350 with eight cores. Speed is 4000MHz. Cooling is from a Cooler Master with a fan. The motherboard is ASRock 970M Pro3 UEFI P1.60. Memory has two sticks of Crucial Ballistix Sport at 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 timing, 1.5 volts power each, 4GB total. Storage includes a Western Digital 6TB drive and an HDD. Graphics card is Nvidia GTX 770. Power supply is Seasonic Focus (but I don't know the exact model). Case is Fractal. Operating system is Debian 12. Monitor comes from MSI. You should check how old the power supply is, besides its make and model: it's about six to seven years old.