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Old June 22nd, 2006, 11:53 PM
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I am a newbie to pc components. I have a dell dimension 8300. Recently, the computer fried (I was in the middle of a game when the computer just turned off) When I attempted to turn it back on, there is a high beep for about a second. Then the power light flashes orange until I turn the power supply off (It is an antec power supply) I've tested my power supply and it works fine. How can I tell if my motherboard is fried? Could it be my motherboard?
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Old June 23rd, 2006, 12:10 AM
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If psu is ok and will boot another pc, then it sounds more like end of video card than motherboard.
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Old June 23rd, 2006, 12:18 AM
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The computer won't boot at all, are u sure it is the video card? Nothing turns on at all.
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Old June 23rd, 2006, 12:43 AM
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The beep indicates video card or ram usually
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Old June 23rd, 2006, 05:47 PM
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last night,
i tried the removing certain components thing. The ram produced the same results. so i tried what you said and took out the video card. When i did the computer power light was green but no drives or fans were spinning. However the light was still green (not a flashing amber/orange) and there was no beep. Does this mean it is the vid card?
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Old June 23rd, 2006, 05:49 PM
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i did this to a school computer once and it was the mother board
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