Motherboard has died

Well guys, I received the new BIOS chip in the mail today but unfortunatly it hasnt made a difference. The error code is the same.

I dont really know where to go from here, I suspect many of you are as stumpted as I am.

The instructions say after installing turn the power off, reset the CMOS for 10 seconds which I have done, and then put the jumper back, I have tried this and also on a seperate occasion for 30 seconds but no joy. I wonder if leaving it longer would help, that really is hoping I guess. :(
 
statalite said:
I dont really know where to go from here
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New motherboard, of course, if the Q6600 is a 775, then have a look on ebay for 775 boards, as mentioned before I've got an ASrock board in my gaming desktop, a G41C-GS, accepts DDR2 and DDR3 RAM too... :)

Only issue is, those boards are artificially expensive as people think that because they're old-stock now, they're worth a mint, I paid about £18 for mine as it had bent pins in the CPU socket, which I straightened up and it's been working great... :)

The other option, total rebuild, new board, CPU and RAM, not the cheapest option, granted, but, there's only so much you can do to old computers before it becomes a polished turd...
 
Purchased today a new ASRock G31M-S from a well known auction site for £25.00 delivered, as it's new I think I got lucky!

Just want something that boots, so it should do the job!
 
nice one. hope it works for you
 
Installed the motherboard tonight, took ages, anyway booted up it went into windows tried to repair itself, and failed.
Rebooted and put on optimised settings, same result then put the bios on default settings, same.
If I select start windows normally it blue screens and reboots every time.
Will look tomorrow but baffling.
 
statalite said:
If I select start windows normally it blue screens and reboots every time.
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It'll do that as the motherboard is very different to your old one (Different chipsets for one, Abit board was an nVidia Nforce 680i, the Asrock is an Intel G31), and winderps isn't that good at adapting to a new board and is trying to address components that aren't there any more, so panics and BSODs, so it tends to require that you wipe & re-install windows with a new motherboard, a PITA I know, but even just running the Windows setup over the top of the existing installation doesn't always work (been there enough times!!)... :-doh
 
2cvbloke said:
It'll do that as the motherboard is very different to your old one (Different chipsets for one, Abit board was an nVidia Nforce 680i, the Asrock is an Intel G31), and winderps isn't that good at adapting to a new board and is trying to address components that aren't there any more, so panics and BSODs, so it tends to require that you wipe & re-install windows with a new motherboard, a PITA I know, but even just running the Windows setup over the top of the existing installation doesn't always work (been there enough times!!)... :-doh
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Going to Google the blue code later for a small glimpse of hope.
If I do a repair install over the existing one (is there such a thing) with the windows disc will I be able to get my files back after?
 
If all ultimately fails with Windows, you could try running a Linux Distro from Live media: A friend of mine ran Linux Mint from a Live USB stick on a non-booting Windows PC a few days ago and reported he could see and potentially retrieve his files. They weren't important, so he just carried on with the full install ....... which would generally overwrite the disk ( Unless you are very adapt at Partition Management - and very lucky)

There's nothing to lose by running Linux Mint from Live Stick, so it should be worth a go. You'll need access to a.n.other PC, of course, to download an iso and follow the procedure to create a Live medium. Doesn't have to be a USB stick - if you have a DVD burner, that'll be fine too.
 
Like 2CV said. The last resort is what MS call an in place upgrade. Haven't had to do one for a while ut I've had reasonable success previously

support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2255099
 
Can I just put in a word about Chkdsk. This command line utility is overlooked nowadays but is very powerful. Two examples:

Last summer the memory card in my phone became corrupted and "lost" all photos, downloaded files and just about everything else. I took the card out and popped it into the card slot of my laptop. Opened a Cmd window and (after ascertaining what drive letter it mapped to) ran Chkdsk /r. It recovered everything.

A couple of weeks ago my wife's laptop became stuck in a loop trying to self-repair. I exhausted every fix I could find on the Internet to no avail. In the end I ordered up a Sata to USB adapter and took her HD out and connected to my laptop. Win8.1 has a couple more Chkdsk options added and I ran one of those (can't remember exactly but I think it was something to do with unlocking a drive). Result - HD repaired and one very happy wife.
 
Just updating on the latest.

Check disk did didn't have any affect.

Been using a Linux live distro to transfer some files. Although I have 600gb of recordings and no other drive currently to put them on, toying on getting an ssd but large ones are expensive and I cannot justify it.
I'm going with the copying files off the drive then wiping it, that's the most simple for me instead of looking for fixes on the internet and get frustrated.

At least I have something that boots (Linux live) so problem partially sold.

Thanks for everyones help and advice.
 
Well when you've finished offloading your personal stuff, just Install the Linux Distro fully from the Live Media.

Should work ok and will be faster and more versatile than continuing to use the Live Media.

And you could then load back your recordings etc and have a fully functioning PC again.
 
Seems I've had a mobo die today too, though it probably died a while ago, my Asus AMD 939 board (A8N-SLI Deluxe), seemed to have suffered corrosion in storage, wanted to revive it and put it to use today, but, nope, wouldn't play ball, then noticed some nice green corrosion with no obvious source, so, it's burgered... :-doh

Still, on the plus side, I now have a mostly empty case to build something else in... :D
 
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Milamber said:
McDonalds ammonia cleaned beef, I assume:p
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Even for a dead Asus board, that's just going too far, mcdonalds is a huge insult... :-rofl2
 
@statalite
if you boot from the windows disk there is a repair option at some point. also try changing the sata operation. if you don't remember how it was just try all the options one by one and boot into safe mode after you change it.
 
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