Re: Suggestions for an HP M3970CM repair.
I think that little bastard on e-bay lied. I don't think there was an error copying files message when he was using this last. I think this entire board is deader than the other one. The new used CPU came today. I switched them out, still deader than a doornail. The last board and CPU, the bad ones, the CPU at least attempted to spin. Nothing! I verified the PSU is still good. I tried jump starting it, making sure the power button wasn't bad. I removed and unhooked everything, including the CPU and case fan, RAM, hard drives, and video card. Absolutely nothing!
Now I'm going to have to pull the board and start checking the fuses. This irritates me. If he had said the board is completely dead, I wouldn't have bought it. But saying the hard drive error, I knew there was some life in the board, worst case, I transfer some components from one board to the other. What a mess!
Now the question is should I contact him and ask if he lied? Even though it was being sold as-is, if he did in fact lie, then e-bay will side with me for him selling an item not as described. I honestly can't see what else could be wrong. With no RAM, it should at least do SOMETHING!!! Even if the RAM is bad, removing it, I should at least get SOMETHING!!!! But absolutely nothing. Fans don't even jerk with this board.
It's very frustrating and now I'm out 40$. And, of course, there's good chances now that Agent24 was right and the CPU is in fact still good. So that's another 60$ that might not had to have been spent. Man, I really hate liars. Even if I fix the board, there's a good chance that CPU didn't have to be bought.
I think that little bastard on e-bay lied. I don't think there was an error copying files message when he was using this last. I think this entire board is deader than the other one. The new used CPU came today. I switched them out, still deader than a doornail. The last board and CPU, the bad ones, the CPU at least attempted to spin. Nothing! I verified the PSU is still good. I tried jump starting it, making sure the power button wasn't bad. I removed and unhooked everything, including the CPU and case fan, RAM, hard drives, and video card. Absolutely nothing!
Now I'm going to have to pull the board and start checking the fuses. This irritates me. If he had said the board is completely dead, I wouldn't have bought it. But saying the hard drive error, I knew there was some life in the board, worst case, I transfer some components from one board to the other. What a mess!
Now the question is should I contact him and ask if he lied? Even though it was being sold as-is, if he did in fact lie, then e-bay will side with me for him selling an item not as described. I honestly can't see what else could be wrong. With no RAM, it should at least do SOMETHING!!! Even if the RAM is bad, removing it, I should at least get SOMETHING!!!! But absolutely nothing. Fans don't even jerk with this board.
It's very frustrating and now I'm out 40$. And, of course, there's good chances now that Agent24 was right and the CPU is in fact still good. So that's another 60$ that might not had to have been spent. Man, I really hate liars. Even if I fix the board, there's a good chance that CPU didn't have to be bought.
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