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Hi I've had my PC for about 5 years and one day It turned on and no display or beep codes . I've tried resetting the bios and cmos and also removing the hard drives and ram and graphic cards in hope for a code . If my motherboard is dead what should I do ? What's the first step? Please help
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Generally I'd remove the 3volt coin-cell CMOS battery & replace it if it tested 2.65volts or less
To cause a beep, which is to say a sign of life, remove all the memory & power up: if it beeps - good, it is supposed to complain when no memory is detected - but if it doesn't beep, it is a bad sign = no bueno
Having spare GPU / CPU / PSU can of course help diagnose these items & isolate problems
Since I don't know what your issue is exactly, in the event your mthrbrd died, the purple-lime accent model is J560M, black accent is XDJ4C; I don't see any for sale that are priced correctly, typically we wouldn't pay over $125 for one ... those part#'s can be googled in pursuit of a different source for a new or used one
Luke has performed a mthrbrd swap using retail aftermarket parts, I'm not sure if his original mthrbrd is for sale still