First post, by eL_PuSHeR
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Hi guys.
Two weeks ago a friend of mine brought me his ACER M3100 in the hopes of repairing it. At first I thought it just needed a reformat, but when I powered it on, there was no video signal whatsoever.
This is what I have tried so far:
- I cleaned all dust and balls of fluff from the fans/heatsink. It was pretty dirty inside.
- I tried 3 different video cards (the onboard one and two pci-e ones). Nothing.
- Tried resetting all RAM (four modules in four banks). Tried several combinations. Nothing.
- I took out the cmos battery.
- I used a different PSU.
The machine powers up, all fans seem to be working nicely but there is not video signal, nothing at all. No beeps either.
So for me, either the mainboard is DEAD (probable) or CPU is fried or both. I guess it must the mainboard (hopefully) but now I have two questions I need to know:
1. CPU socket. I visited ACER webpage and it's a mess. I wasn't able to find any comprehensive specifications chart. If that PC comes with an Athlon 64 X2 I think it could be a socket AM2(+) (940), but I need to be sure.
2. I intend to reuse the case so I hope it's ATX factor form.
Can anyone give me some insight on this? I want to start looking for mainboard replacements.
Intel i7 5960X
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8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)
