PC wont start

[Xcoder]

Hello everyone, heres the situation: I received this PC that wont start, I do have power since the fan and the front lights are on, but no video signal whatsoever, Im starting to believe its a bios problem, what do you suggest?

thanks

[dglienna]

how many beeps does it chirp when you boot up? more than one indicate a problem, usually. try holding down F2 when it's booting to go into setup mode. you may get lucky.

[Ideas Man]

You may have a dead motherboard. I've seen this three times, and three times it was the motherboard, but I could be wrong in your case.

[Xcoder]

Thanks for the responses guys, Ill check the F2 trick when I get home. I dont believe its the motherboard cause my friend, the owner of the PC, has had the same problem before, he took the machine to some shop and they fixed it for him. I dont know what they did though, hes gonna ask them today.

Beeps? there are no beeps whatsoever

[nareth]

Hello everyone, heres the situation: I received this PC that wont start, I do have power since the fan and the front lights are on, but no video signal whatsoever, Im starting to believe its a bios problem, what do you suggest?

thanks

it could be a monitor problem

check your bios for hardware it boots. if it boots floppy it will try to read floppy and make a sound, does this sound happen?

[dglienna]

make sure that the right voltage is selected. it's not a problem as the plugs are different, but if you plugged a 220v plug in and didn't switch the voltage, I think there may be a problem. Not sure, all I know is that it won't boot if it is set to 220v instead of 120v.

[Xcoder]

it could be a monitor problem

check your bios for hardware it boots. if it boots floppy it will try to read floppy and make a sound, does this sound happen?

its not the monitor since I have tried now in other 2.

Ill check the floppy thing tonight, I have tried booting with CD but with no luck

[Xcoder]

make sure that the right voltage is selected. it's not a problem as the plugs are different, but if you plugged a 220v plug in and didn't switch the voltage, I think there may be a problem. Not sure, all I know is that it won't boot if it is set to 220v instead of 120v.

I seriously doubt that could be the problem since the PC was working fine just hours before and none has gone to the back of the case in months.

[dglienna]

just a shot in the dark?

[Ideas Man]

Try taking all the cards and RAM out and putting them back in. I just fixed a mate's computer that had problems similar to this, moved the ram and it worked again, good as new.

[Xcoder]

Try taking all the cards and RAM out and putting them back in. I just fixed a mate's computer that had problems similar to this, moved the ram and it worked again, good as new.

You mean like this could be a misplaced memory bar that needs readjustment? What would happen if I start the PC without RAM?

[dglienna]

nothing except for a beep or two. you could look up the beep code that tells what the problem is by the number sequence timing of the beeps.

[Ideas Man]

You mean like this could be a misplaced memory bar that needs readjustment? What would happen if I start the PC without RAM?

No, like a bit of dust or something similar preventing a connection. Wouldn't hurt to try.

[Xcoder]

Thanks guys, Ill do that tonight and get back to you tomorrow morning.

[NoteMe]

Also check that you videocard is 100% in it's slot. I just installed a new HDD; and had to take out my GPU, and when I added it back, it was a slight glip in the back of it. So the computer wouldn't start.

[Rocky_Lad]

I recently had a similar problem, i did everything said on here, changed nearly every part of the copmuter but no luck. So i sent it to a company through my insurence and they couldnt find the problem and give me a nice new one. Ive had people say the case could have magnatised or that the motherboard has over loaded and blew everything attached to it, but since i changed all these with no luck they couldnt be. Sorry mate but if its the same as what happened to me its buggered.

[dglienna]

removing everything and then replacing it has been known to work in a few circumstances. i cannot explain why it worked under any of the circumstances. I just know that it did.

[liverpool_rule]

its a computer it never makes sence