Joined
·
212 Posts
Sig rig.
Symptoms:
- No display
- Does not boot into Windows (if it did, the LEDs on my Deathadder would turn off
)
- GPU fan speed at 100% when powered on\\
- LED error code readout stays at A2 ("IDE Detect")
What I've tried:
- Moving around/swapping RAM sticks
- Moving GPU between PCIE slots
- Swapping GPU with another GPU
- Clearing CMOS
- Unplugging and replugging all power and SATA cables (worth a shot..)
- Removing GPU
What I haven't tried:
- Using a different motherboard or CPU. I still have my Athlon II X4 630 and OEM mobo lying around, but I currently don't have thermal paste. I also don't have spare SB mobos/CPUs lying around.. Though it'd be nice if I did.
- A different PSU. Don't have a spare, unfortunately.
THOUGHTS:
I initially thought my GPU had died. It was starting to fold a new work unit when the computer suddenly rebooted. When it finished getting back into Windows, I tried to start the GPU client again and the whole thing shut down. Starting the computer back up yielded no display.
Scary.
At that point, I also considered the PSU a possible culprit. Then I tried all those tests listed above.
Anyway, my current best guess is that it's the mobo.
By the way, the motherboard was an open box from Newegg that turned out to be a refurb. Did an ominous tune just start playing in your head? Cause that's what happened to me when I remembered that little detail.
Any thoughts folks?
(Oh, and do let me know if this thread should be moved. Only started it in this forum because of my current suspicions.)
Symptoms:
- No display
- Does not boot into Windows (if it did, the LEDs on my Deathadder would turn off

- GPU fan speed at 100% when powered on\\
- LED error code readout stays at A2 ("IDE Detect")
What I've tried:
- Moving around/swapping RAM sticks
- Moving GPU between PCIE slots
- Swapping GPU with another GPU
- Clearing CMOS
- Unplugging and replugging all power and SATA cables (worth a shot..)
- Removing GPU
What I haven't tried:
- Using a different motherboard or CPU. I still have my Athlon II X4 630 and OEM mobo lying around, but I currently don't have thermal paste. I also don't have spare SB mobos/CPUs lying around.. Though it'd be nice if I did.

- A different PSU. Don't have a spare, unfortunately.
THOUGHTS:
I initially thought my GPU had died. It was starting to fold a new work unit when the computer suddenly rebooted. When it finished getting back into Windows, I tried to start the GPU client again and the whole thing shut down. Starting the computer back up yielded no display.
Scary.
At that point, I also considered the PSU a possible culprit. Then I tried all those tests listed above.
Anyway, my current best guess is that it's the mobo.
By the way, the motherboard was an open box from Newegg that turned out to be a refurb. Did an ominous tune just start playing in your head? Cause that's what happened to me when I remembered that little detail.
Any thoughts folks?
(Oh, and do let me know if this thread should be moved. Only started it in this forum because of my current suspicions.)