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Death of a motherboard

Mobo: Msi 6340
Monitor: 17" CRT
Cpu: Amd 750 Mhz

After this motherboard died and upon purchasing a new one I was advised not to use the monitor with this system. I was told it could have caused the failure. It was acting up (background hue was changing from normal to a purple shade and back again) it did stop just prior to freezing up. After attempting a reboot the mobo died. Is it possible the monitor could have been the problem? If so I don't want to try it with the new motherboard.

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CrazyOne

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dmcalert

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I do have access to a old pc that still works. It only has dos and nobody would care if it died. Good Idea, I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks, I will report the results tomorrow.

dmcalert

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What would be a good way to see if the power supply is maintaining a constant voltage? Prior to all this I found that the battery had drained to 1.5 volt and would not start post. I changed the battery and everything worked okay for the fine for those first 15 min. System is only 1.5 years old. Bad battery or something draining it (short on the board)? Tested board outside of case with no success. (different power supply) . Tested cpu with different mobo, worked okay with same monitor.

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Glen A.

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dmcalert

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Checked the monitor on another machine and had no bad effects. Thanks for all the great comments. Check community support. I am requesting to split the points.

Glen A.

sure, I'm easy ;-)