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wont boot at all

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FPS

Limp Gawd
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Hi all

ive got some ones pc at my house and it wont boot upa t all. when i press the power button all fans turn on, cd rom light comes on, and no post beeps and thats as far as it gets
the monitor also stays black

SPECS
gigabyte GA 8SG667
pentium 4 2ghz
256mb (some generic stuff)
floppy drive
MSI GF4 TI4200
40gb seagate
320w PSU (generic)
everything stock

please help
thanks
 
it sounds like the mobo could be bung.

i'd try taking everything apart and putting it back together- that's a good way to ensure that everything is plugged in properly. but, if you do have another mobo that you can try in it's place, that's where i'd be looking
 
i thought it was the mobo, it probly died cause it had a half hour ride in the back of a ute on the way to my dads work.
unfortunately i dont have any intel mobos at all to test it on, ill just tell the guy to give me some cash and go get him another mobo.
can anyone reccomend a good intel mobothat goes out for 100-$170au
thanks
 
FPS said:
i thought it was the mobo, it probly died cause it had a half hour ride in the back of a ute on the way to my dads work.
unfortunately i dont have any intel mobos at all to test it on, ill just tell the guy to give me some cash and go get him another mobo.
can anyone reccomend a good intel mobothat goes out for 100-$170au
thanks
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I think this is a poor way of dealing with the situation. You haven't done any troubleshooting at all. Hardware isn't as incredibly fragile as some people think...

Anyway, I would AT LEAST try clearing the CMOS first. Also try running it with the minimum hardware required (motherboard, PSU, 1 stick of RAM, processor + hsf, vid card, no drives). Then I'd start swapping out some of the easier parts to play with (vid card, RAM), and then finally the processor (at least reseat it) if nothing has worked.
 
Anarchonixx said:
I think this is a poor way of dealing with the situation. You haven't done any troubleshooting at all. Hardware isn't as incredibly fragile as some people think...

Anyway, I would AT LEAST try clearing the CMOS first. Also try running it with the minimum hardware required (motherboard, PSU, 1 stick of RAM, processor + hsf, vid card, no drives). Then I'd start swapping out some of the easier parts to play with (vid card, RAM), and then finally the processor if nothing has worked.
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i agree with that. just buying a new product before troubleshooting the old one is not usually a good way to go unless you need the computer for a lan the next day or something like that.

i would clear the cmos, reseat the CPU, memory and video card. your best bet is to find someone that has an intel board that would let you test with it, that way you can find out exactly what is wrong before you go out spending money on new components
 
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