December 20th, 2003, 07:57 PM
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Been having problems with my computer booting. Before I went away I unplugged the power cord and just left it (so it's been sitting for 7days not turned on). Anyway I get back plug it in try to boot and all the fans/leds/cd-roms spin up but I get no video and no POST beep. The cd-rom will even open/close fine but on the keyboard the num lock key will not light up like it usually does. Anyone have any ideas? (The mobo is grounded fine so i dont think thats the problem)
Athlon xp 2500+
512mb geil pc3200
ati radeon 9600 pro
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December 20th, 2003, 08:08 PM
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first ting i would try is resetting your cmos to factory default by either a jumper or if you cant find it removing the battery
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December 20th, 2003, 08:12 PM
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Monitor is plugged in fine and also tried resetting the CMOS. |
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December 20th, 2003, 08:18 PM
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Sounds alot like an old machine I have.
First, what kind of Power Supply do you have?
Second, do any of the capacitors (large can-like objects, usually blue) on the motherboard have brown stuff on them or appear to be 'bulging'? |
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December 20th, 2003, 08:34 PM
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The powersupply I have is a allied 400w. |
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December 20th, 2003, 08:45 PM
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Okay, doesn't sound like the PS then, unless it's malfunctioning.
Now check your caps. |
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December 20th, 2003, 08:51 PM
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Do you have a video card or do you have onboard video? If its a video card I would reseat the video card..that would be my first step.
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December 20th, 2003, 08:55 PM
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the caps are all perfectly fine and not bulging going to try reseat the video card now. |
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December 20th, 2003, 08:57 PM
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Did you unplug any USB devices and plug them into a different port when the computer was off?
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December 20th, 2003, 09:08 PM
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Did not plug/un-PLUG any USB devices when it was off. Now when I tried starting it, it made a whining noise yet the CPU fan is spinning fine. It doesn't sound good.. |
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