[systems1]

Hello guys, I believe this is my first post on the forums, so please forgive my ignorance towards computers. My rig is pretty outdated by today's standards, but, until my current problem, I had no issues running video games, (Skyrim, SW:tor, CoD:MW 3). However, about a few weeks ago when I initially woke up the PC up from sleep mode, the desktop would show but then the screen would black, monitor light still green though. About a week ago, when I went to wake it up, the screen light turned green then immediately went orange and a "No Signal Input" warning flashed upon the monitor before it went black, no desktop view this time.

I initially thought monitor or video card. I switched both components, separately, with another PC in which both components are known to work, and the problem still persisted. I then tested the RAM individually, and also tested RAM with the other PC's that works fine. That stretched my PC abilities, thus I took it to a shop, and they did the some checks and came up with no definite solution other than motherboard or PSU. They ordered a 600w PSU and installed it with the same problem. My question is two part I suppose. Would, after those checks, it appear that the problem lay with the motherboard? And if so, would it be worth replacing a motherboard with such outdated hardware?

My PC stats, to the best of my knowledge:
OS: Windows xp sp3
GC: Nvidia 9800 gtx
PC: AMD (cannot recall specific model, but dated no doubt)
PSU: 600W
MoBo: Asus (unknown/shop couldn't tell) socket 940
RAM: 4g DDR2
It has 2 HDD's, but I can't tell specific speeds since it is in Korean.

Sorry I cannot provide anymore information regarding the hardware models, but I appreciate any potential feedback for a fix. For all I know, it could be some small fix being overlooked; software, hdd, or something along those lines. The shop told me they could find another motherboard with similar socket size at or around 120-200 US dollars. If that isn't the problem though, I could be out that much towards a new PC instead.

[crjdriver]

I would tend to think your mb has failed. Unless it is a relatively newer system, it generally is not cost effective to replace the board. Installing a more modern board, cpu, and ram is usually more cost effective however it it up to you.

In order to give you a more specific answer, you need to post the exact cpu and mb you currently have installed.

[cwwozniak]

Originally Posted by systems1

Hello guys, I believe this is my first post on the forums,

Is this related to the same problem you posted on July 22nd?
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/1...leep-mode.html

[systems1]

Sorry for the delay, and yes it's the same situation. I marked the message as resolved once I took to the shop.

This is all I can find on the pcu and mobo.

pcu: AMD Athlon 64x2
mobo: Asus M2N AMD AM2 Platform
Nvidia nforce 430 MCP
Dual Channel DDR2 800/667/533
Q connector
Asus Crashfree Bios3
Asus EZ Flash2

I'm not sure how much information was needed for the motherboard, so I just posted what was on asus's website.

[crjdriver]

AM2 is at least 4 generations old tech and NOT worth repairing. There are a few am2, am2+, am3 boards still available new however they are very low end mb.

In short if your board has failed, it is time to replace it with a modern am3 or 3+ board and cpu, along with modern ddr3 ram.