# HELP ME FIND A MOTHERBOARD!!!!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811 "2008-03-11T09:54:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/1 "2008-03-11T09:54:25Z")
i can never tell for sure if a hard drive is dead. i go to start my computer this morning and it would not start up. it would turn on but would not start up. so im figuring its the hard drive i take it out and plug it into my sisters computer cause i have to get a project off of it and i got all the information i needed.
does it sound like the hard drive died or something else?
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/2 "2008-03-11T10:19:44Z")
Well unless I missed it, do you get any kind of error message/what does it do?
This is like driving a car to a repair place and telling them your car is broke, and not telling them what is broken.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/3 "2008-03-11T10:24:24Z")
no i didnt get any error message or anything the computer just wont start up. monitor does not turn on, optical mouse wont turn on etc. there is power cause i can still open and close my cd drives and stuff.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/4 "2008-03-11T10:37:20Z")
power connector bad or power supply going? unplug the CD drives power and plug it into your hard drive and leave the cd unplugged.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/5 "2008-03-11T11:18:16Z")
^yup still did the same thing
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/6 "2008-03-11T11:18:21Z")
I had this happen this week, drives dies for a day. All the tests show ts fine, now it seems to work fine. :gotme:
I would get Hiren’s Boot Disk. It managed to save 98% of my data.
Check the manufacturers website for warranty, most have 3-5 year warranties.
Buy a new one, they’re crazy cheap now.
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### Author:  [@RyanA96](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RyanA96)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/7 "2008-03-11T11:20:46Z")
reset your BIOS…there is a 2-pin jumper on your motherboard on a three pin row. With your computer powered but not on…move the jumper to the other pins for a couple seconds then move back.
Look it up so you don’t break noting lol
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/8 "2008-03-11T11:22:50Z")
where do you get Hiren’s Boot Disk there is not link that i could find to download it
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### Author:  [@RyanA96](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RyanA96)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/9 "2008-03-11T11:24:03Z")
Are you saying you got your information off the hard drive by putting it on your sister computer or no??? im comfused there
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/10 "2008-03-11T11:28:57Z")
yes i got the project that i need to do off the hard drive by putting it in my sisters
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### Author:  [@RyanA96](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RyanA96)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/11 "2008-03-11T11:31:33Z")
ya so obviously the HD isn’t dead…so its either bad power supply but they usually just completly die…or the BIOS is Corrupt. Do what i said…it only takes a second.
> **[How do you reset the BIOS](http://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_reset_the_BIOS)**
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> This information is intended for experienced users. It is not intended for basic users, hackers, or computer thieves.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/12 "2008-03-11T12:00:57Z")
I am doubting this is a Bios issue your power supply its most likely dead
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/13 "2008-03-11T12:25:25Z")
if its the power supply then y does the fans start and i can use the cd drives?
i would think that they would not work at all; or is it just that there is just enought power to use those things?
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### Author:  [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/14 "2008-03-11T12:25:54Z")
power supply is putting out like 3 watts to open and close the cd tray
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/15 "2008-03-11T12:27:33Z")
You try turning it on with the hard drive unplugged both the ide/power cable from the hard drive un plugged?
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/16 "2008-03-11T12:30:55Z")
^ no i didnt do that i didnt think it would even work without the power cable
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/17 "2008-03-11T12:31:02Z")
does it at least show the bios screen/boot up sequence? Can you hear the HDD spool up?
The fans all work, along with the CD drives… but your getting no picture? nor is the mouse/keyboard working?
I’d be willing to bet something popped on the mobo or your PSU is on it’s last leg.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/18 "2008-03-11T12:33:15Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#):
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> ^ no i didnt do that i didnt think it would even work without the power cable
I was interested to see if you could get into the bios with everything unplugged.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/19 "2008-03-11T12:45:10Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#):
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> does it at least show the bios screen/boot up sequence? Can you hear the HDD spool up?
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> The fans all work, along with the CD drives… but your getting no picture? nor is the mouse/keyboard working?
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> I’d be willing to bet something popped on the mobo or your PSU is on it’s last leg.
no it does not show the bios/setup screen cause the monitor does not even turn on at all, it stays in standby mode as if i never touched the computer. i can hear the HD try to start (makes a little buzzing noise) but nothing after that. when i put it in my sisters computer i could hear it start right up though.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-find-a-motherboard/44811/20 "2008-03-11T12:49:15Z")
You have another video card?
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