---Computer specs---
MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 680i SLI
CPU: Intel Duo 2.4gHz
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 1 tera
Graphic: 2x Evga 9600GT


*EVERYTHING WORKED FINE BEFORE MY SCHOOL BREAK. I SHUT DOWN PROPERLY ALSO. *


I recently just got back to school to find that my desktop doesn't BOOT up. I left it in my dorm room with it plugged into my surge protector. It was turned off. I tried to boot it up and the monitor doesn't get signal nor my keyboard or mouse.

I let it sit for a while to listen to the drives. They all seem to power on, but sound like they are caught in a loop. The LED output on the motherboard reads "--" which I am unsure what it means. It is suppose to read "FF" meaning boot, so I believe there is a problem.

I have reset the BIOS and also tested the monitor. Neither fix the problem.

Is it possible the motherboard broke or that the CPU burnt out? It could also be a virus doing this, I not ruling that out. At this point I am OK with completely resetting everything if that would fix the problem.

Any help would be most appreciated.Ok this isn't really a solution but I have had my motherboard do that too, the drives re-initialize over and over, as WELL as the DVD drive.

I just had to reseat everything and it was ok, so unplug all your DVD/HD's and also reseat your graphics cards and any other PCI/PCI-e cards, also the PSU plugs (don't forget the 4pin connector) and try to boot without the drives plugged in again

if it boots after that, add one component at a time.

Quote from: neonlime on January 04, 2009, 04:58:39 PM

Is it possible the motherboard broke

or that the CPU burnt out?