Recent content by wraith

Hey guys, thanks for the great info. I gotta tell ya though, I am a complete newbie and the tests that you recommended sound like you are speaking chinese! :D Will a video card failure cause my PC to not power on? Right now, my pc will not even power on and I am stuck. Could the VC...

Here's my card: Video Card Pic I thought that my PSU was bad since my computer would not power on. See "Power Supply Failure?" post in the PSU forum. I troubleshot it though and this is not the case. I did notice, however, that the 2 heatsinks from my video card were founding laying...

CRAP! Any ideas on how to check for a bad mobo?

ok this is interesting! I hooked up my two dvd writer drives and the main fan on the back of the case. Then I installed the ghetto jumper. this time, when I powered on the PCU, the main fan kicked on and the dvd rooms started to make noise too! Does this mean that my PSU is ok? What should...

Ok, I tried the "ghetto jumper" and themain PSU fan did not kick on when I plugged it in and hit the power switch. I did feel a slight breeze coming from the back of the unit though. When I took the jumper out, the slight breeze went away with the power on. One thing I notice is that there...

I sniff-tested and nothing seems burnt. So, when I ghetto-jumper and power up, should the main PSU fan kick on? If it isn't the PSU, what else could it be? Thanks so far

Hey group, This is my first post on this forum. By joing hardforum, I hope to learn much about building and troubleshooting computers. First, I built my very first pc this January. I used the following components: Sonata 2 case with Antec SP-450 power supply MCI NEO 4 Platinum MoBo...