For troubleshooting motherboard, first check the power supply is operating or not. Checking power supply is important and first to do thing will troubleshooting motherboard.

Video Failure

Troubleshooting video failures usually mean no image on the screen. There are some simple cases which could be diagnosed are such where the monitor or LCD screen is failing to power up properly. Video card failure is also a regular occurrence it’s not a rare occurrence. Motherboard failure or the some external interference result into Video failure.

Motherboard Failure

Motherboard failure is a second level problem. A motherboard problem is would be an issue with any of the circuits that connects to any component of the motherboard. It is more economical to have a new motherboard on hand as opposed to attempting to repair the motherboard. To repair motherboard special tools and training required.

If a boot error points to the CPU, you have to try the unit in another machine to see if the error follows. It is very good to have spare parts on hand. This gives you the easy understanding of the failure by replacing the part.

Hard Drive Failure

There are tools in the market that will help you to fix most hard drive problems. Hard Drive Failure is simple to troubleshoot, partially because the operating system includes tools to report on the hard drive reliability.

PC troubleshooting is easy to do, require systematic approach. Computer that not boot is and worst Symptom. Hardware problems are typically simplest types of problems to solve.

Upgrading to new motherboard gives your PC a new life. A new motherboard can add support for all the new technologies such as,

USB 2.0,
Firewire,
Serial ATA,
Integrated LAN &
Front-Panel LED.

Also support 64-bit processors and super-fast PCI Express graphics. New motherboard can hugely speed up your PC when combining with processor. Also allowing you to do cool things such as video and audio editing that your old motherboard doesn’t support.

You should also get lots of useful features, such as good surround sound, and integrated network adaptor, even build in anti virus and firewall capabilities.

Choosing Motherboard

You have to combine motherboard upgrade with a processor upgrade, because keeping your existing processor will minimize your processing speed and limits your motherboard choice. Once you finalize processor and then you are free to choose motherboard with the correct socket.

Checking a Motherboard Compatibility

Thing’s to consider is whether your power supply, memory, graphics card and hard disk will work with a new motherboard. If component is too old that it doesn’t work with new motherboard, then you have to replace it. You need to know about the component which you need to update so that you can budget your upgrade.

Motherboard Size also to check will upgrade

Boards and cases come in standard shapes and size. Most new motherboards are ATX and require an ATX case (cabinet). Check when you are upgrading.

Number of Slot’s on the motherboard and the RAM Support.

Your motherboard should support DDR2 or latest Ram, reason behind it, it is the latest RAM and it is the fastest one available in the market. You need to take care of the RAM speed, because if you buy higher speed RAM and your motherboard is not supporting it then is an wastage of your money.

Your Current Motherboard have to be at least 4 memory slot, the reason behind is it, if you are going to upgrade your PC in the future then the motherboard have to support the up gradation in since of RAM memory Capacity.