3 Mobo failures - possible cause/solution?

ThManDan22 · Post by **ThManDan22** » March 8th, 2005, 2:36 am

from a friend experienceing trouble with mobo: "In less than 2 years I've now gone through 3 motherboards!! My computer quit on me this morning so I had to take it in to the shop....AGAIN!! I already knew it was the motherboard before I took it in. I've had it with shotty parts and poor design. PC's might be great for gaming but they aren't good for much else. Back in the day I used an Apple. Well....I'm going back to my youth. I'm looking at purchasing an Apple in the near future for everything work related. I'm a web developer and having my computer in the shop for the next 3 days doesn't make me very happy. I'll keep my PC around for games, but that's it. I've always loved Apple computers but the price was always a little much for me. But if the thing actually works it will be worth it. Not to mention I absolutely love OSX." "I didn't cheap out on the Mobo. It's a Gigabye board and an Athlon 64 processor. I've just had nothing but trouble. I've had 2 Asus boards quit on me and now the Gigabyte." I was thinking that it could be somthing with the psu, like spikes and sags of that sort messing everything up. I know the info is scetchy but if you could please sketch it together and maybe help him out. do you know what the cause is, or how to fix it? Thanks

Post by **ccb056** » March 8th, 2005, 2:57 am

I would get a chieftec/antec case with an antec true power power supply

Sumpin_Wong · Post by **Sumpin_Wong** » March 8th, 2005, 8:43 am

It could very well be due to the power supply. Lessor, more inferior power supplies are known for not putting out what the label states. It could also be do to environmental issues, like dust and dirt, moisture. Is this computer on the floor? Is your friend religous about cleaning it? (blowing the fans out.. blah blah) Using a surge protector? Grounded outlet? Frequent power outages or voltage spikes/draws (brown-out)? Might be far fetched.. but does he or any of his close neighbors have problems with any other electrical appliances going out, repeatedly? Could be a voltage variation coming into the house.. or just faulty wiring within the house.

ThManDan22 · Post by **ThManDan22** » March 12th, 2005, 6:42 am

I just told him there were evil knomes inside his computer and he had bacd luck becuase he said that his PSU was a topnotch name brand one that cost alot and was super heavy.

indomidable · Post by **indomidable** » March 12th, 2005, 8:57 am

I'd recommend a UPS for the system fixes 90% of all power problems! I know back in the eairly Pentium 3's and AMD K7's their was a grounding problem with most Mobo's. I haven't seen any with the newer tech though I don't have the AMD 64 yet... Normally a mobo will die if the Ambient temp is too high it blows the capasitors on the board...but that normally takes 1-2years for that to occour. Other possiblilities have been mentioned also if he OC's this increases the wear on the Mobo's due to the temp once more. Keep computers in Cool, Dry, Minimal Traffic, and Out of Sunlight areas and they'll last you till the CPU Fan goes. If your mobo has the overheat protection then it will stop the PC b4 the CPU will die. I lost a 1.9 MP from a fan death since I forgot to turn on the protection.