help! motherboard or cpu?

[suske]

ok so i got this board 8 months ago and one day when i powered on
something on the board blew and shot flames out of the case. inspection showed a triac was burnt. so i rma'd it and got another board. now this board wont post. no video, no beeps, nothing. just spinning fans. i have tried 6 different ram sticks, 2 different video cards, 3 different power supplies.
the only thing i dont have a duplicate of is a cpu. i notice if i let it run it will shut down and the cpu cooler seems too hot. i wonder if somehow it blew the onboard memory controller. any ideas? rma the board again or buy a new cpu? thanks for any help.

amd 2.6x2
gigabyte ga-ma78gm-s2h
visiontek hd4850
seagate 500 gb sata
4gb mushkin ddr2800
corsair 750 power supply

[Guest]

Cpu could be fried too...

See if you can get a cheap cpu on ebay to test the board, or have one lent to you by some friend (prepare a beer round and don't be cheap on it )



Sorry for you loss.

[kosmokrator]

sounds like the cpu is dead with the blow mobo.. if u have check other vgas rams psu ect.....

try to use the board on the air ...may sort circuit somewhere....for this the previous mobo may burn...

if outside case the setup do the same thing im abe to find u a cheap cpu... core 1500 or 5300... to check the system

[Guest]

thanks for the replies. yes i tested it outside of the case sitting on the box the board came in. so you guys think maybe the cpu is toast?
i can get a athlon single core pretty cheap to test it.

[kosmokrator]

ohhhhh im sorry...i thin u are on new 775 socket...i miss understand the m/b model....
sorry......
the cpu btw still is the suspect...

[Guest]

[Guest]

upon closer inspection of the cpu there seems to be some small black spots on the die around the cpu pins. they seem stuck on the die and pins but come off easily. a sign of a fried cpu perhaps?