Hello all!
My Asrock 970 extreme4 motherboard stopped working.
It happened when I plugged back my blueray drive sata after being disconnected for a while due to not having a spare sata cable.. hehe
I am running Windows 10 on a SSD.
It started with giving blue screens at every startup and freezing in the bios or at start screen selecting boot/bios options.
So far I’ve tried leaving the cmos battery out for a while, unplugging all sata drives and usb, leave out all or 1 (of the 2) ram modules but it wouldn’t budge.
As this is/was my main build I started stripping the motherboard out and replace it with an other one and voila.
I’ve already bought a new extreme4 mobo (used) and comes with a cpu.
So I would love to be able to repair my “broken” extreme4 mobo if possible so no cpu’s have to wander trough dusty drawers or closets.
I did found out that one of the 5 sata connectors on the motherboard was loose, now I’m unsure of this could be the fault because this connector hasn’t been connected to in like ever so it had no connection.
Maybe some of you tech speaking people have some tips, much obliged!

My Asrock 970 extreme4 motherboard stopped working.
It happened when I plugged back my blueray drive sata after being disconnected for a while due to not having a spare sata cable.. hehe
I am running Windows 10 on a SSD.
It started with giving blue screens at every startup and freezing in the bios or at start screen selecting boot/bios options.
So far I’ve tried leaving the cmos battery out for a while, unplugging all sata drives and usb, leave out all or 1 (of the 2) ram modules but it wouldn’t budge.
As this is/was my main build I started stripping the motherboard out and replace it with an other one and voila.
I’ve already bought a new extreme4 mobo (used) and comes with a cpu.
So I would love to be able to repair my “broken” extreme4 mobo if possible so no cpu’s have to wander trough dusty drawers or closets.
I did found out that one of the 5 sata connectors on the motherboard was loose, now I’m unsure of this could be the fault because this connector hasn’t been connected to in like ever so it had no connection.
Maybe some of you tech speaking people have some tips, much obliged!


