Is Anyone Else Noticing This?

neves said:

Would rather build my own - than spend 300$ on a PC Case. That scamming price sounds so "American (like being charged 5x - 10x the price of same medicine and such - compared to EU)".

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You would build your own case?

Winuser said:

It stopped powering up. I was using the computer and it made a noise and shut off. When I tried restarting it the only things that powered on was the case lights and the fans. I tried trouble shooting by making sure all connections were good, re-inserting the ram and using another power supply. Nothing I tried worked so I replaced it with a PowerSpec G156 desktop. Even though I was using a surge protector I suspect it was a power surge that caused it.

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Do you still have the system board? If so, I have a few questions for you if you don't mind my asking.

If it made a beeping sound before it shut down that's a good thing. If the system board has an indicator light and the light turns on when you plug it in that's a good thing. The board is protecting itself. What I would have done is change out the CMOS battery first (when the board was unplugged from power) and then disconnect everything. All fans except CPU fan, remove graphics card if it had one, re-seat the RAM only using the minimum amount as per manual, remove all USB cables connected to the headers, and all cards in the PCIe slots. Then I'd plug it in with the bare butt minimum amount of connectivity. No mouse, no keyboard, just the board with one stick of RAM plus PSU and see what happens. IF I got beeping I'd listen to the beeps and look them up.

Scannerman said:

Do you still have the system board? If so, I have a few questions for you if you don't mind my asking.

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The motherboard is still installed but it doesn't have any memory and a CPU cooling fan. I used the fan to replace the one on the G156.

bought a Cooler Master 932 case a long time ago,, still using it... if anyone that want's a good case, clean used or new at a good price get one..

Winuser said:

The motherboard is still installed but it doesn't have any memory and a CPU cooling fan. I used the fan to replace the one on the G156.

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Oh, that's easy enough to remedy. I've been going over the manual and this is a fairly easy board to work with. If you want we can walk through some of the steps to verify if the board is really dead or just in limbo. One stick of DDR3 RAM should be easy enough to acquire and a simple heat sink with a fan shouldn't be much of a problem either. People are tossing these in dumpsters and recycling bins all over the place. You could probably snag one at a garage sale for a song. No worries. Should you decide to look deeper into this ASRock mystery I would be happy to assist you. My next steps after the beeping would be to plug in the monitor after shutting down the system (if it hasn't done so already) and jumpering the CMOS in order to ensure a complete reset. In cases like this jumpering often fixes the issue. In fact, it's in your manual.

Scannerman said:

People are tossing these in dumpsters and recycling bins all over the place.

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I work in public works and I get to see it first hand. Most computers that come in are very old OEM desktops. I have see cases that would have been worth saving only I wasn't interested in them at the time. I'll look around and see if I can find the memory. I think I took them out to put away in case I ever needed them. I still have the CPU heat sink. I just need to find a fan. I had to use the fan in the G156 desktop. I was going to buy a fan from the local Radio Shack/Electronics Store but the only fans they had didn't have the extra wire the old fan had. The tech was off and the sales person wasn't sure if it would work or not.

Winuser said:

I work in public works and I get to see it first hand. Most computers that come in are very old OEM desktops. I have see cases that would have been worth saving only I wasn't interested in them at the time. I'll look around and see if I can find the memory. I think I took them out to put away in case I ever needed them. I still have the CPU heat sink. I just need to find a fan. I had to use the fan in the G156 desktop. I was going to buy a fan from the local Radio Shack/Electronics Store but the only fans they had didn't have the extra wire the old fan had. The tech was off and the sales person wasn't sure if it would work or not.

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Yes. You want that 3 terminal fan that comes with the standard CPU heat sink. You could even cannibalize one of those old desk top office PCs to get one. In fact, it doesn't even have to firmly attach to the heat sink for testing purposes if you just lay the case its side and plop the fan on top the heat sink after you connect it to the CPU fan header. I have a sneaky suspicion that if you jumper this board less the peripherals it will leap back to life. I've done that so many times with older style system boards.

retiredat44 said:

bought a Cooler Master 932 case a long time ago,, still using it... if anyone that want's a good case, clean used or new at a good price get one..

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Hang onto that case, my friend. I remember when that HAF first came out. Today they're worth their weight in gold.