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Any way to tell apart a CPU defect from a mainboard defect?
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I have a fairly modern desktop computer, an AMD Athlon II X2 based silent PC, that does not work. When turned on, it will start physically (all fans are rotating, disks start up...) but not give a signal on any of the graphics ports (DVI, VGA, and HDMI, I tried all three). Also, the reset button do…
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From Motherboard, CPU and RAM Troubleshooting, if you do not get any beeps but can hear the fans, then it is probably a motherboard failure (but do read this on-line book entirely). Some of the tests require having some spare-parts on hand, so can b…
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