Comp won't load... help please!!!

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Hey,
I was just trying to install a second HDD in my computer and when I turned it back on nothing shows up on the screen. The mobo LED turns on, the fans start whirring, my video card fan is whirring as well, my monitor is fine (i plugged it into a new computer), and i even tried just plugging in my old HDD without the new one. The CPU fan still runs and the computer SOUNDS like it's booting up with some beeps and such. Could my memory have been fried? I'm at a loss here. My system is an amd fx-53, asus a8n-e, 2x512mb ocz premier ddr400, evga 7900GT, old hdd is a maxtor diamondmax 9 120gb s-ata, new hdd is a samsung spinpoint 250gb sata2, psu is thermaltake silent purepower 480w.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

edit: actually when i start it up there aren't any motherboard beeps. Also, the back light where the LAN input isn't lit up either. Could I have fried my motherboard? When I pressed the power button on my computer after installing the new HDD, it only seim powered up and then stopped and I had to press the button again.
 
Open it back up and make sure you didn't knock something loose. I would re-seat the video card and ram. If your video card has an extra power connector make sure its connected properly.
 
Yea, this just happened too me yesterday. I took out a HDD and my pc just had a high pitch noise and no boot :(

I checked all coneections and blew out some dust (while I was in there) and everything is back to normal. ;)

 
yeah the thing is is that it sounds like it's booting. All the fans start up, the cpu is running, the video card fan is running, the green light on the mobo is running, my psu fan is going. the cd rom trays open and close. Could I have fried my ram?
 
no i don't hear any beeps when i turn the computer on. but all the lights are on and the fans connected to the mobo are running.
Actually the LAN light at the back of the mobo is not on.
 
Sounds like it's not posting. If you don't get anything on your monitor it's ether your video card or the motherboard isn't posting. I would reset the BIOS with the clear CMOS jumper. Make sure the power supply is turned off and unplugged when you clear it. Taking the motherboard battery out for 4 or 5 minutes will do it too. I would also re-seat the video card to make sure it didn't work itself loose.
 
hey...
i don't mean to sound like an uber noob... but how do i do that? :D
I have an asus a8n-e
 
Check your manual. There is a jumper on the mother board, usually close to the battery. You either short the two pins for a couple of seconds or move the jumper and then move it back. This will load the fail safe default BIOS settings. Make sure you unplug the power supply before you do this
 
does anyone know by chance how to get the battery out of an asus a8n-e? i can't seem to pry it out of its little spot.
 
heh thanks.
I managed to get the mobo battery out and reset the jumpers for a few minutes. I still get no screen or start up. I tried each stick of ram in different slots by itself and that didn't work either. I'm beginning to run out of ideas besides buying a new mobo to see if that works. Going on nothing but a wild hunch here it feels like part of my mobo is fried and part isn't. I don't get any kind of LED on the LAN port at the back of the mobo and i'm guessing if that stuff doesn't work the comp won't boot up? I've tried both harddrives that I have (the old one and the brand new one) and that doesn't work either. I can't tell whether my CPU is shot because i can't get the comp to start up. Anyone have any other ideas? :(
 
Remove everything except the video card, the processor and one stick of ram, and try it again. If you have another video card or you can test that one in another PC I would. Same deal with the power supply.
 
i'm now beginning to think it's the processor unfortunately. pretty much the most expensive thing to replace...
I've had the comp running for about 20 minutes and i just went and touched the cpu heatsink and it's dead cold. should it be at least warm?
 
In your first post you mention hearing Beeps when you power it up. Do you still hear them? If you hear more than one then thats an error code. You can look up the combination of short and long beeps for that BIOS and it may tell you what is not working.
 
Hey,
well to answer your question i thought i heard beeps but that was just the sound of the harddrive starting up. I took everything off and stripped it down to barebones (processor, mobo, ram, video card) and it didn't work. I still got nothing on my monitor. I even took out my ram and replaced it with a stick of generic pc2100 ram which didn't work either.

Now here's where it gets confusing.
I completely uninstalled the entire computer, put in my old mobo (an asus p4p800-e-deluxe s478) with my old intel 3.2c northy, with a 9800 pro and the same ram and I STILL get nothing on the screen. Am i doing something wrong? If it were the power supply (as it's the only thing that is still constant between BOTH comps), then i would think the other things wouldn't turn on right? I don't get it. Can ANYONE help? ANY help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much for helping a noob.
 
Well.. your either grounding your MB to your case.. make sure nothing on the case is bent and touching the MB.. otherwise, try a different power supply.. You can also buy a power supply tester from like CompUSA for $15ish..
 
actually the motherboards are operating outside of the case on a piece of cardboard. I'm wondering about the PSU but i would think that the fans on the mobo, the cpu, and the green light wouldn't come on if the psu was shot. The cd-roms also work when they're plugged in.
edit: I just tested my ram in another computer and it seems to work fine. So if I swapped cpu/mobo combo and it still didn't work then the only culprit left is the power supply? That confuses me though because it does give power to the mobo and the fans and such all turn on when i hit the power. The harddisk spins as well. The only thing that I can see wrong is that the LAN light at the back of the mobo is not on at all.
 
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