I'm trying to trouble shoot my brothers computer. I completely gutted it out and nothing shows up on the monitor so it's either the video card or for some reason the motherboard because when i go to turn it on it beeps... and I can't figure out anything wrong for it to be beeping.... so eithers the motherboard is messed up for the video card... any ideas?
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Computer won't show a boot screen
- Thread starter 3l3m3nt
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Look up the beep codes for that motherboard. It should tell you what the problem is with the beeping. More than likely it will be something with the vid card, RAM, CPU or the CPU fan isn't plugged in. Those are the usual suspects for beep codes.
Make sure the RAM and vid card are seated properly, you may want to take them out and put them back in. Also, make sure the heatsink/fan is properly installed. Some motherboards will not boot if a fan is not plugged into the header for the CPU fan on the motherboard. I'd check to make sure that something is plugged in there.
Follow those guidelines if you can't find the beep codes for the motherboard but that should be the first thing to look for.
One more thing you can try is to clear CMOS and see if that helps at all.
Make sure the RAM and vid card are seated properly, you may want to take them out and put them back in. Also, make sure the heatsink/fan is properly installed. Some motherboards will not boot if a fan is not plugged into the header for the CPU fan on the motherboard. I'd check to make sure that something is plugged in there.
Follow those guidelines if you can't find the beep codes for the motherboard but that should be the first thing to look for.
One more thing you can try is to clear CMOS and see if that helps at all.