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Can't turn comp on, help please

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I have had this SB build over a month and everything has been working fine, until now. I tried turning on my computer today and the system and the HD starts up like usual. Then the HD made the spinning noise twice, and continue to do restart spin (usually only once during start up). No post, and the light near the memory on the mobo stays red instead of the usual green or blinking green. So then I just had to manually shut it down. I wait for 2 minutes and try again, and the computer finally post and the red light goes away. I don't know what the problem is since my system has been running flawlessly. The only thing I can think of is the motherboard. If I can get help with this, it would be appreciated. Forgive me if this is not the right section to post. My specs are in my sig.
 
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Follow the stickied "Basic Troubleshooting Guide" on what to do when the PC does not POST and report back.
 
more info plz, so it only did this once, and then recovered and hasnt done it since, or its still doing this but recovered once?

Off the top of my head, possiblities include, power supply, mobo, harddrive, loose something or other
 
dj LiTh said:
more info plz, so it only did this once, and then recovered and hasnt done it since, or its still doing this but recovered once?

Off the top of my head, possiblities include, power supply, mobo, harddrive, loose something or other
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So after I got the computer to turn on. I turned it off the the problem persists. Power would go on with the hd, optical drive and fans, but bios didnt post and the light next to the memory stay on red. Then I press the restart button then it post and turn on. I have the 1204 bios version. I havent move my computer so things shouldn't be loose.
 
Also, I moved my HD and optical drive to the SATA3.0 6gb/s ports so they are not on the defective SATA2.0 3gb/s ports.
 
Well, typically, if you get things powering up but no post, its the cpu, if you hear a beep and the hdd's seem to be accessing its a vid card issue and its posting just not showing up. Still got a question for you tho, you said you turned it off, and the problem persisted? can you be more specific? once, twice? cold boot? unplug the computer from the wall and let the power drain out of it and try again?

also, you said you moved the hd/optical to the new sata ports, did you double check the connections (as in unplug and replug everything back in again, including the ram, never know if you might of bumped it)
 
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dj LiTh said:
Well, typically, if you get things powering up but no post, its the cpu, if you hear a beep and the hdd's seem to be accessing its a vid card issue and its posting just not showing up. Still got a question for you tho, you said you turned it off, and the problem persisted? can you be more specific? once, twice? cold boot? unplug the computer from the wall and let the power drain out of it and try again?

also, you said you moved the hd/optical to the new sata ports, did you double check the connections (as in unplug and replug everything back in again, including the ram, never know if you might of bumped it)
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I shut down from the shut down menu. I didn't unplug my psu cord. What is cold boot?

I moved my drives over 2 weeks ago, and made sure they are in the right spots. If I bumped the rams, it should have shown up 2 weeks ago and not now? The thing that bugs me is that why now. Why didn't it happen before? Everything was going smoothly.
 
Cold boot is powering down the system, then starting it, as opposed to just restarting it.

Couldnt hurt trying to reseed the ram, also have you experienced this problem more than once?
 
I had a VERY similar problem last month and for some reason it was the video card and nothing else... it wouldn't post and went into a reboot loop until after 50 reboots or so, then when it ran and booted up I got artifacts on the Windows login screen, and as soon as I logged in, it would crash the PC. I thought it was the PS for sure, but nope.

Replaced with an older graphics card and it worked fine, and now I have a new card and it all works fine still.... check the capacitors on the video card, a bunch of stringy/fabric stuff busted out of alot of them and I presume this is all the reason all this happened.
 
I cold boot it and restart and when I do either procedure, it works again. For the cold boot, I shut down, turn the switch for the psu off in the back, unplug the power cord, and wait for 10 sec. After doing that It boot on the first time without problem. Now my system is working fine again. I still dont know what was the problem. Play BFBC2 fine, and running all the other problems fine.:confused:
 
Possibly the power just needed to be drained fully from the system, i've had a very strange audio bug that was fixed by doing this, let me know if it comes back, otherwise consider it fixed :p
 
dj LiTh said:
Possibly the power just needed to be drained fully from the system, i've had a very strange audio bug that was fixed by doing this, let me know if it comes back, otherwise consider it fixed :p
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This is the first encounter of this system too. Thanks for help guys.

Another question I'm curious about is when you guys start up your computer, does your HD spisn up with a loud noise? If you know what I mean.
 
The problem has return. First time turn on, the fans, led, lights, hd, and optical drive turns on but there is no post on the monitor. Normally, there is a ASUS bios screen. The red light next to the memory stay on, normally it would just flash for a second or two and goes away. When I go to restart by pressing the restart button on the computer, it would finally post. Not sure if its the bios or motherboard.
 
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