24 Jun 2013

Troubleshooting Tips for the New Motherboard

Posted by WartaBlog on Monday, June 24, 2013 in
When you first buy a computer, assemble a computer or by installing a new motherboard on your computer, it may be a lot of issue that can be found, where the computer can not work properly. In this post I will show you tips to overcome problems with installing or using new computer. And be cautious in making any instructions given, and if in doubt do not do

More than 70% of all computer problems associated with cables and connections. Make sure all cables are connected and connected properly. IDE and floppy ribbon cables and power cables can often go loose. Make sure the microprocessor, memory modules, and adapters such as video cards are inserted correctly and not "pop-up" due to vibration.

Motherboard Troubleshooting Tips-Tips include:

1. The system has no power at all. Power light is not lit, the fan in the power supply does not work, and the indicator light on the keyboard does not light

The power cable is not plugged
- Inspection: Visually inspect the power cord.
+ Solution: Make sure the power cord is plugged in correctly

Power Cord Damage
- Inspection: Check the power cable, try with another power cable
+ Solution: Disconnect the cable and fix or replace it with a new cable

Damage Power Supply
- Examination: Cabling Power and the wall outlet is correct, but the computer system is still dead.
+ Solution: Perform repair power supply if you can, or take the place of service, or replace with a new power supply.

Damage damaged wall outlets; circuit breaker or blown fuse.
- Examination: Check with Testpen outlets to ascertain whether the electricity is connected.
+ Solution: Use a different socket, repair outlet, reset circuit breaker or replace the fuse.

2. The system works despite the ill-lit keyboard lights, power indicator light turns on, and the hard drive to work

Expansion cards partially detached from the expansion slot (Memory, VGA, Lan Card, Modem, etc.) on the motherboard.
- Inspection: Turn off the computer. to protect the system unit. Check all the expansion cards to make sure they have been properly inserted in the slot.
+ Solution: Apply pressure on both ends of an expansion card, press down firmly on the expansion card so that the expansion card is installed properly.

Floppy disk drive or tape drive is damaged
- Inspection: Turn off the system. Disconnect the cable from one of the floppy drive. Turn on the system, check to see if the keyboard is operating normally. Repeat to the other drive until you find the defective units.
+ Solution: Ask the technician

Damaged Expansion Card
- Inspection: Remove the Expansion Card
+ Solution: Replace the Expansion karu great expansion slot

3. The system can not boot from the hard disk drive, but can be booted from a CD drive

The connectors between the hard drive and the system board is not connected.
- Examination: try running the FDISK utility, will be described in the HARD DISK section of the manual you will get the message, INVALID DRIVE SPECIFICATION.
+ Solution: Check the cables connected to the motherboard. Ensure secure both ends plugged; check the type of drive in the Standard CMOS Setup (see your motherboard manual).

Hard Disk or Disk Controller Damage.
- Examination: Format hard disk, if it can not format the hard disk may be damaged.
+ Solution: Replace with a new hard drive or call a technician

Hard disk directory or FAT is not true.
- Examination: Run FDISK, format the hard drive (See the section of the manual HARD DRIVE). Copy your backup data.
+ Solution: Back up your hard drive is very important. All Hard Disk can be broken at any time.

File system corupt
- Inspection: The possibility of multiple file systems such as file etc, exe, dat damaged, so it can not boot into the system
+ Solution: Try to copy the files to a directory korupt earlier file system of your Windows Bootable CD.

4. A message appears on the screen saying "Invalid Configuration" or "CMOS Failure"

The information was entered incorrectly into the configuration (setup) program.
- Inspection: Check the configuration program. Changing the wrong information.
+ Solution: Check the system equipment. To get the correct information for the setup. Go to settings and set the Bios configuration in accordance with the correct information.

5. Screen Blank

No Power to Monitor
- Inspection: Check the power cable and VGA cable if it is connected to electricity or to CPU
+ Solution: Check the power connector for the monitor and cpu. make sure the connectors are connected to the VGA card, change the I / O address on the network card if necessary.

VGA connector is not connected to the CPU
+ Solution: Connect the monitor to the CPU

IO cards Network Conflicts
+ Solution: Make setting IO

Memory card is loose or damaged
When the memory card is not installed properly the computer will not be able to live, although the processor fan and the Power light work.
- Check: Check your memory card, try to tighten, or unplug and clean and replace properly. If it does not work well try to attach it to another computer, if it turns out when installed on another computer would not function well it is clear Memory broken
+ Solution: Clean memory, or replace with a new memory card.

6. Frequent Restart Computer

Problems in Memory, is not installed properly
+ Solution: Reboot the computer. Re-install the memory, make sure that all memory modules are installed in the correct socket. Check the jumper and switch settings on the card view. View the card to update settings.

Virus
+ Solution: use anti-virus program (McAfee / PC-cillin, E-port, etc) to detect and remove the virus.

7. No Color On Monitor

Monitor Damaged
+ Solution: Check one of the wires on existing vga cable is disconnected, so sebahagian colors do not appear, if it turns out that all cables are connected or plugged in, the monitor is broken.

Conektor pins are bent or broken
- Check: Check your monitor VGA cable connector pin chances are there are broken or not connected to the cable.
+ Solution: Fix the connector, connect the cable is disconnected or replace the VGA connector