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Default Dead laptop, test card showing FF
You guys may remember the two laptops I had that displayed only a black screen when a DVD drive was inserted.
Anyway, for those of you that don't
1) Got laptop with faulty DVD drive which also wouldn't boot 5 times out of 10
2) Put DVD drive in cheap laptop to check it wasn't the mobo on the other one
3) The other one wouldn't even get to the BIOS screen - HDD acess light and fan would come on, but dead as a doornail otherwise.
4) Other laptop started doing the same thing. It doesn't matter if you boot without a DVD drive, it still does it, as does the other one.
I tried stripping it down and putting it back together. Tried replacing the CPU. No luck, although flashing gray screen sometimes appears.
Tried using test card. Comes up with FF code. No idea what the problem is, and I have tried everything.
Any ideas?
Thanks for looking
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Have you tried different memory yet?
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no, ill try that tonight
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System: The Killer Woodpigeon Mk. II
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Intel Quad QX9650 @ 4.0 Ghz		 Motherboard
EVGA NForce 780i		 Memory
4GB OCZ PC2-9600 		Graphics Card
2x Nvidia GeForce 9800GX2
Hard Drive
2x 300GB Western Digital Velociraptor		 Sound Card
Creative Xtreme Gamer		 Power Supply
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Ok, that would be where Id start. If you have MemTest you could always try that.
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Just tried installing new RAM. Tried different slots, no luck...
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  • Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3
  • Core:510Mhz
  • Memory: 612Mhz

System: The Killer Woodpigeon Mk. II
CPU
Intel Quad QX9650 @ 4.0 Ghz		 Motherboard
EVGA NForce 780i		 Memory
4GB OCZ PC2-9600 		Graphics Card
2x Nvidia GeForce 9800GX2
Hard Drive
2x 300GB Western Digital Velociraptor		 Sound Card
Creative Xtreme Gamer		 Power Supply
Enermax Galaxy 1000w		 Case
Black Mid Tower Case 14cm fan
CPU cooling
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