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April 4th, 2004, 09:55 AM
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| HELP WITH COMPUTER PLEASE!
Hey all, im new here
Well i bought a new stick of ddr ram (512) and when i installed it i thought i would clean out my fan (dust). So after doing so, my computer wont turn on! No signal to my monitor, it stays idle. I took out my old ram and put in my old 256, and still wont work!
I re-checked the fan and made sure everything is connected correctly, and everything back how it was. So first thing i thought i burned out my graphics card (gforce 2) its old and i was going to get a new one within a month or so, so i purchaseda new card ( radeon xt 9600).
So i got the card today, and i installed it, and it still wont turn on! The computer does not even beep. The fans turn on, and the lights turn on, my cd-rw turns on, and hard drive, but it sounds as if it keeps restarting every 5 seconds.
Im not sure if i fried my motherboard or my cpu? Is there a way to find out? Thanks and i hope you can help me out!
specs:
amd xp 1900
ecs motherboard
180 gb HD
720 ram
radeon 9600 xt
52x48x52 cd-rw
16x dvd-rom
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April 4th, 2004, 10:09 AM
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does it give you the POST beeps?
If it does it maybe possible that something is shorting out on the mobo... metal is touching somewhere it shouldn't
Not uncommon when you're first installing the mobo but not sure what would of caused it by blowing out your fan.... but maybe something to look into.
If thats all it is, its possible you're ok.. just have to find the short 
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April 4th, 2004, 02:40 PM
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Does the fan on the power supply spin up?
Could be the power supply. | |
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April 4th, 2004, 07:01 PM
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April 4th, 2004, 07:06 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by tank5559
Ill re-check and see if my MOBO is touching the case in a bit
| Yep, check that first.
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April 4th, 2004, 07:29 PM
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You may have just bumped something loose.
Reseat the ATX power supply plug on the motherboard (it's the big 20 pin one).
Also make sure your ram is fully seated. Sometimes it can take some force to get it seat all the way. There should be no copper edge connectors showing out of the ram socket.
Last of all make sure all your agp and pci cards are fully seated. | |
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April 4th, 2004, 07:39 PM
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What's a mobo?? I just got a stick like yours to and it dpes the same thing  When I take the new one out my computer will start and everything work's fine but I need to get it installed because the one in my computer is only a 126 ram chip 
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April 4th, 2004, 08:03 PM
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"Also make sure your ram is fully seated. Sometimes it can take some force to get it seat all the way."!!!
Take the foul 512 stick out and see if your pc boots.
(edit: I see youve already tried that)
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Last edited by elmers : April 5th, 2004 at 09:08 AM.
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April 5th, 2004, 12:38 AM
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did you try reseting your cmos chip? | |
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April 5th, 2004, 12:56 AM
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elmers he said that he has tried it w/out the new ram and it still didn't work
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