Do I have a bad motherboard? I need expert advice

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Gonzalo Castillo

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Hello,
I have the following problem:
Sometimes while working my screen goes blank (like if it was on but not connected to computer), I thought that it was the monitor or the graphics card but while on this state I cannot remotely connect to the computer (I have enabled remote connections) and it does not respond to a network ping command, however the power supply is on, the internal fans are on, the USB ports can provide power, etc. How can I tell if it is the motherboard? or can it be the power supply failing to give power to the motherboard?
This problem happens occasionally, like every two days. The windows logs don't catch any errors of the crash.
 
This can be a number of things, including the Motherboard...From power supply to bad ram to hard drive to bad video card... does it have a graphic's card or is it onboard ?
First thing I would test would be the Video card...
 
It has the graphics on board, if it was the hard drive or the ram wouldn't it display an error on the screen?
is there any tool I can use to find out the component that may be causing this?
Any advice will be really appreciated, thanks
 
If it has onboard video, then try a video card to test the graphics.. Sometimes there are NO errors at all, I am working on one now that just reboots when ever it wants to..
No errors.. You will just have to test all your hardware.. I would start with the Video card..
 
Here is the issue, I need to buy a graphics card, I think a good cheap card will cost me around $50, and a new motherboard around $100, I am afraid that after spending the $50 the problem might be the motherboard
 
True !!!! Or just buy another Motherboard with onboard graphics to solve your problem... If after you install the new motherboard and it still does it, then You know it is either hard drive or Ram ...
 
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