[GRLUG] dead computer

[patrick at upmerchants.com]

Thank you for the info.  I was going to start with the memory first  
but will try the corsair instead of the adata.

Years ago if you pulled the memory from a motherboard and powered it  
up it would beep at you.  I tried that and no beeps.

Do today's motherboards still beep if they don't find any memory?



Quoting "danwiddisii at gmail.com" <danwiddisii at gmail.com>:

> Patrick,
> I work for a computer company locally and do a ton of diagnostic and repair
> work on a variety of servers, main frame equipment etc. - I say that to let
> you know I have a lot of experience as I do this kind of stuff every day of
> the week!
>
> A few years ago I had a similar issue with my system and had memory issues
> with OCZ and ADATA memory. I figured this out by running memtest86 - a
> utility available for free - it's a bootable disk that you run and it does
> thorough testing of the memory - if you google it you should be able to
> find it rather quick.
>
> After several attempts to get 'good' memory from OCZ and ADATA I gave up
> and bought Corsair memory - all builds I do from now on (for friends/family
> etc.) I will only use high-quality Corsair (or equivalent) memory for this
> reason.
>
> The issue 'could' also be with the system board - if you can get your hands
> on some memory to test the box - you should be able to determine the
> problem pretty quick. The good thing is that the PC3-10666 memory is rather
> cheap compared to past memory types.
>
> I would start with memory first though. Have a great Christmas - and good
> luck!!
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My computer died this morning.  Over the past week it has been having hard
>> lockups where I need to power off and back on to get it to work.
>>
>> No problem messages of any kind in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog
>> when I checked it astre restart.
>>
>> I did get a bios message once, something about the "dram" setting.  Did
>> not record it so cannot say amy more about it.
>>
>> Power supply looks good when plugged into a power judge tester.
>>
>> system consists of:
>>
>> ECS A780LM-M2 AMD 760G Motherboard - Micro ATX, Socket AM3, AMD 760G
>> Chipset, 1800MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA II (3Gb/s), RAID, Radeon HD 3000
>> Graphics, 6-CH Audio, Fast Ethernet LAN, USB 2.0 MPN:  A780LM-M2 (10/100)
>>
>> AMD AD610EHDK42GM Athlon II X4 610e Processor - Quad Core, 2MB L2 Cache,
>> 2.40GHz, Socket AM3, 45W, No Fan, OEM MPN:  AD610EHDK42GM
>>
>> Thermaltake CL-P0503 CPU Cooler - 70mm Fan, Rifle Bearing, Socket AM2,
>> AM2+, AM3, 754, 939 MPN:  CL-P0503
>>
>> ADATA Premier Series AD3U1333C4G9-SH 4GB Desktop Memory Module -
>> PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 240-pin DIMM
>>
>> Diablotek CPA-0170 Diamond ATX Mid Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, 400W PSU,
>> 2x Int 5.25" x 1x Ext 3.5", 2x Int 3.5", 2x Front USB 2.0 Ports, Black
>> MPN:  CPA-0170
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have any other machine / parts to swap around to see
>> if it will revive.
>>
>> Any ideas as to what could be the most likely cause / what parts to start
>> replacing first?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Patrick
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