Computer won't boot.

[Deleted member 89137]

Hey, the pc in my signature (old pc with pentium 4 3.06ghz) will not boot.
I just redid the thermal paste on the cpu and the gpu. The contacts looked good. So I hooked everything up, but the GPU's fan won't spin and I get no picture on the screen. Is the GPU dead? Or just the fan??? I've had it for at least 4 years, but I don't really think the fans die that quick.

I''m kind of at a loss here. Any ideas? I am not sure if it's the gpu or not. I have a 350 watt psu. This has happened before, but it went away somehow and I'm not sure how.

 

[lowteckh]

And the PSU make = ? And the GPU make = ? And since you have multiple systems, did you bother switching GPUs and PSUs? comon.. standard troubleshooting

 

[Deleted member 89137]

I only have one agp card, I was about to try the PSU thing bought got caught up on time. I will try and find someone local with an agp card.

 

[Red_Star]

I would start with checking all connections. It sounds like there is no power going to the motherboard, but I cant be sure. If it is a bad processor or video card, the fans should at least spin up, even if they dont stay on for long. It sounds like a bad PSU or motherboard.