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Ah, you actually did research. I just made stuff up.

It still could be the power supply or RAM, just make sure you try another P/S or RAM before scrapping the mobo.

It's more common than most people think. Besides, I'm just trying "will it" for his sake since that would be a fairly easy and inexpensive fix.

Hi, I am a computer science major

If you're son plays COD as much as some of my friends do, it is very likely that the onboard video has been burned out. This is very common among gamers. This is a disadvantage of using onboard video, because a standalone graphics card can be replaced. As the other have hinted at, I do not believe it is the power supply or any other peripherals. If I am correct, the bios codes will not tell you if it is the onboard video anyways. Good luck!

The link to the manual may help.

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/Manual_Model.aspx?ProductID=2691&ver=#anchor_os

I would also try removing the watch-like battery from the motherboard for about a minute. This will reset your bios and it may start up. Its a long shot, but it just might work.

The battery trick doesn't help much these days. The settings are stored in flash on most boards now. The only thing removing the battery does is make the clock lose its time. There'll be a setting reset jumper or solder pods on the board, which will be the recommended way to reset the BIOS settings.

You can still do the battery trick but you have to keep it out for at least a minute, shorting out the jumpers is much quicker, but ti didn't help in my case. I have tried all the suggestions, no luck. I have even bought the PS tester I linked to earlier and the P/S is good. Looks like I am buying a new mobo. Luckily it is an older system and they appear to have dropped a little in price, only $65-100.

The reason my son was using my computer was his was in need of a better video card so it looks like I will simply buy him a new card and then get my system back together when I feel I need to.

I like the price/features of the Sapphire Radeon HD5750. $150 was the limit I set for my search crteria.

$150 for a Radeon 5750 is highway robbery. I would go with a 4870 or a 4890 for that price, if you can find one. Sure, you don't get DX11, but you'll actually be able to run games at a respectable resolution.

OK, fine, Canadian prices, but still!

Oh well, it was worth a try. Gotta eliminate all possibilities before buying right?

I have a single EVGA GTX 260 in my pc!

Or make it a 5770.

I had thought about the older but slightly better 4870/4890 but was unable to locate any around here. The 5770 up here was beyond my price point, granted by only $30 but I was pushing my luck with spending $150. The 5750 looks to get respectable numbers compared to what is/was out there. I am busy reinstalling Vista on my sons PC as it didn't take kindly to a previous set up we had going on it. I should be able to see how the revamped system runs with COD - MW2 later today

Thanks for all the help!