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jordan172005

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Ok so today my sisters boyfriend brought over his rather old HP computer for me to clean out and remove and spyware and/or viruses it might have had. I started off by cleaning out the inside of the case which was totally caked with dust. After cleaning it I put everything back together and now it won't boot from HDD. It starts off by showing the HP logo boot screen and then goes black afterwards. I tried clearing CMOS and after clearing it I just got beeps in an endless loop. So I tried to clear CMOS again hoping maybe I didn't wait long enough or something ( praying for a miracle ) and now it makes no beeps and does not post?? The computer is a HP 8720 Pentium 3 900mhz 128mb system ram and a Riva TNT2 video card. Someone please help
 
Maybe you got dust in the ram or card slots. What did you take out? Check all cards and connections again. If it's broken the good thing is that you can probably buy that same computer for $40 on ebay. ;)
 
Unplug the power supply from the AC wall plug and try it again. If the power supplies overload protection circuit tripped you will have to unplug it to reset it. If that doesn't work pull all the cards and ram out, blow it out again, and then reseat the cards. Be car full to avoid static discharges. They can easily damage electronic components. If it won't post remove everything except the processor, 1 stick of ram, and the video card, and try it again. If you can then get it to post add components until it fails to find out whats bad.
 
when resetting the CMOS, you should have the motherboard power connector unplugged.
I have fried a motherboard forgetting to do this, but have also have forgotten a few other times and everything was okay.

Sorry to hear of your troubles though. That kinda sucks as it's not your computer, and you broke it.
 
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