pc wont boot & pink screen

maxs · 29-April-05, 04:59 PM

i dont know whats goin on with this thing i cant get the thing to boot up,
i replaced 2 caps on the mother board that i found were bad and changed the processor and mem stick tried a diff hd unplugged everything xcept hd still nothing but pink screen the powerstation is working the fan runs the hd spins up this thing has me baffeled....

it is a gateway (ms-6312-ver1 mother board) i know alot of ppl have had trouble with these i really didnt want to work on it but it belongs to a very close friend of mine and i told him id chk it out ...ive spent a lot of hours on it and cant seem to get the thing working im thinking maybe a trashed motherboard.....

Fu3lman · 29-April-05, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by maxs


	i replaced 2 caps on the mother board that i found were bad....im thinking maybe a trashed motherboard.....

less is more, and your thinking is "correct"...

welcome to Pimprig

piscikeeper · 29-April-05, 05:48 PM

have you checked the video card?there was an issue with GF-4 cards having bad caps and causing pink screens in the past.

maxs · 30-April-05, 05:43 AM

thanks 4 the greeting!!!

i said i replaced 2 caps but i went and found another 1 and replaced it also still same im thinking im gonna replace them all just to be sure who knows !!!

nev_payne · 30-April-05, 07:15 AM

you know what your doing I assume? Replacing caps is no fools' game.

maxs · 03-May-05, 11:17 AM

yes sir i do i enjoy working with electronics itsa hobby of mine!!!

29-April-05, 04:59 PM		#1 (permalink)
maxs Apex Techie Wannabe	pc wont boot & pink screen i dont know whats goin on with this thing i cant get the thing to boot up, i replaced 2 caps on the mother board that i found were bad and changed the processor and mem stick tried a diff hd unplugged everything xcept hd still nothing but pink screen the powerstation is working the fan runs the hd spins up this thing has me baffeled.... it is a gateway (ms-6312-ver1 mother board) i know alot of ppl have had trouble with these i really didnt want to work on it but it belongs to a very close friend of mine and i told him id chk it out ...ive spent a lot of hours on it and cant seem to get the thing working im thinking maybe a trashed motherboard.....

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29-April-05, 05:48 PM		#3 (permalink)
piscikeeper Apex Tech Fanatic	have you checked the video card?there was an issue with GF-4 cards having bad caps and causing pink screens in the past.

30-April-05, 05:43 AM		#4 (permalink)
maxs Apex Techie Wannabe	thanks 4 the greeting!!! i said i replaced 2 caps but i went and found another 1 and replaced it also still same im thinking im gonna replace them all just to be sure who knows !!!

30-April-05, 07:15 AM		#5 (permalink)
nev_payne Apex Tech God	you know what your doing I assume? Replacing caps is no fools' game.

03-May-05, 11:17 AM		#6 (permalink)
maxs Apex Techie Wannabe	yes sir i do i enjoy working with electronics itsa hobby of mine!!!