 gigabyte non starter
2 years ago i build 2 computers from scratch for my boys
spec:
P4 intel socket 775/chipset 915p
gigabyte motherboard (GA-81915P pro)
2 x 514Mb DDR400 rom (giving 1GIG)
Radeon X600 pro 256 MB DDR with DVI TV PCI-EXPRESS x16
80 Gb HDD IDE
tower with 750 watt ps (from memory) and 4 fans to cool (main ps/cpu heat sink/1 on the graphic card and another on the side of the case, shows different lights but is still a working fan)
so 2 years ago these were top notch then 6/7 months ago my eldest boy's computer started playing up, it wouldn't start and being technically minded my boy wiggled the components about a bit and it worked this would happen once a week then was every day in the end it gave up and so did i, i got him a similar board still gigabyte and has been working fine ever since (touch wood)
now this computer is normally on most of the time in the week 3pm to 12am, weekend its on constantly till monday morning
now here it is my other boy's computer same spec has just started doing exactly the same only starts when it feels like it, now this computer hasn't been touch in 2 years apart from every couple of months or so to clear out any dust/fluff
these computer are in rooms with laminent flooring so there is little debris to clog the computer so its not an overheat problem, gigabyte them self's after a week of waiting sent back a reply "check the fan on the cpu" ive changed bit by bit between the 2 computers and am convinced its the mother board
this computer isnt on as long as the other normally 3pm till 9pm maximum
have gigabyte boards got a timer chip in them that tells the board to stop working so we buy a new 1? i say this because we had a "thompson" tv which would cut out at random and the engineer said they had a chip inside that would fail the tv board after a preset time normally just after the warranty
as the computer normally boots with a high pitched bleep and now sound more like a squeak and doesn't boot could the on-board battery have something to do with it as this is the only common part that hasn't been checked? or does it just hold the bios settings i looked about but cant find the voltage to check for
if nobody has had this problem
how about PLEASE recommending a decent board for the above spec
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Last edited by thesparky : 07-01-2007 at 09:31 PM.
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