Dead/Dying Motherboard

Ohmigosh · 25th June 2007, 1:08 PM

Hi Guys

Just in case I am missing something...

I have a GA-K8NF-9 mobo with a 939 which has been running like a train for the past two years. A reboot the other day resulted in the PC coming back but a few seconds into using the thing it froze up completely. The time between reboot and freeze varies but it seems to happen as soon as I attempt to start an app (most of the time). All fans are operating so I don;t think it is overheating.

I have a pair of Seagate drives in the box and when able to run their analysis tools (SEATOOLS I think its called) it returns immediately with a short DST failure. Plugging both drives onto another PC and running the analysis tool shows no errors on the drives.

So - SATA controller failure? New Mobo needed?

Am I missing anything obvious or anything obscure?

Cheers

phrosty-boi · 29th June 2007, 10:47 PM

corrupted data or partition maybe?

using a diff data cable on the other PC too? could be something like a connection come loose, or cable gone bad, you know how fragile those connectors can be, specially early ones

try swapping the cable and port, one at a time and see how things go, yes data cables can suddenly die on ya, killed 2 IDE ribbons at a LAN in 50 degree heat, with the poor computers shutting down and beeping all over the place

Idryss · 30th June 2007, 7:05 PM

To me it sounds as if the sata controller could be going. As stated above, try new ribbons and see if that works. If you can, get a clean sata drive from somewhere and install XP on it. If that one locks up as well you can rest assured that its the mobo and not something else.

25th June 2007, 1:08 PM	#1
Ohmigosh Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 387	Dead/Dying Motherboard Hi Guys Just in case I am missing something... I have a GA-K8NF-9 mobo with a 939 which has been running like a train for the past two years. A reboot the other day resulted in the PC coming back but a few seconds into using the thing it froze up completely. The time between reboot and freeze varies but it seems to happen as soon as I attempt to start an app (most of the time). All fans are operating so I don;t think it is overheating. I have a pair of Seagate drives in the box and when able to run their analysis tools (SEATOOLS I think its called) it returns immediately with a short DST failure. Plugging both drives onto another PC and running the analysis tool shows no errors on the drives. So - SATA controller failure? New Mobo needed? Am I missing anything obvious or anything obscure? Cheers

30th June 2007, 7:05 PM	#3
Idryss Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Coast Posts: 1,999	To me it sounds as if the sata controller could be going. As stated above, try new ribbons and see if that works. If you can, get a clean sata drive from somewhere and install XP on it. If that one locks up as well you can rest assured that its the mobo and not something else. __________________ Steam: Idryss

29th June 2007, 10:47 PM	#2
phrosty-boi Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne - Gatso capital Posts: 895	corrupted data or partition maybe? using a diff data cable on the other PC too? could be something like a connection come loose, or cable gone bad, you know how fragile those connectors can be, specially early ones try swapping the cable and port, one at a time and see how things go, yes data cables can suddenly die on ya, killed 2 IDE ribbons at a LAN in 50 degree heat, with the poor computers shutting down and beeping all over the place