AAAAA ... what the hell?

[Finnkc]

Ok I am at my ends rope with this PC I am working on. I got this PC from a guy at work ... he used the PC for about 2 years ... worked fine ( I even used it a few times) anyway I know before he gave it to me it worked fine. He had to take the HDs to his new PC, but that was it.

Its a:
- PIII 733 / 133 bus
- DFI CA64 Mobo
- 3x 128 mb PC133 SDRAM
- ATI Rage Pro 32mb AGP
- 40 GB West D Harddrive
- Enermax True 350W PS

I tried everything to get this thing to post ...

right off the bat I get this weird gurgle tone from the PC speaker ... so I power off and check all the connections again (20 min look over). Everything looks fine, Video Card is in tight, RAM is in snug, Everything that needs power has power, CPU was fine when I placed it in ... used some Artic Silver on the HS and I was off to the races.

SO I try again ... still I get this gurgle constant tone from the PC speaker. Its not even a beep at all, and I am thinking ... man my mobo might be shot. However I tried a few more things.
1. Replaced the Video Card with a 32mb 3D Labs Oxygen VX1 ... still no go.
2. Reset CMOS ... still no go.
3. Unplugged all devices (sound, NIC, CDROM, DVD ROM, 2x128mb RAM slots) ... only HD (that I know works fine), 1x128mb RAM, AGP Video Card and the CPU are plugged into the mobo ... (power too! )

still I get this stupid gurgle tone ..... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

So as of right now the PC will not boot or post, I can't get it to turn a monitor on (using a KVM switch). No BIOS no nothing....


wtf is wrong with this thing?
Can anyone help me?
Suggestions?
Things to try?


thanks for anything you guys / girls can think of.

 

[InlineFive]

It sounds to me like your motherboard is dead. You can probably find a new one for dirt cheap.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

pull board from case, remove battery, wait a few..put battery back in..hook up basics(psu, hd, vid card, memory..1 stick..)quick short the pwr jumpers..when in doubt go to basic(bare) setup to test for function

 

[MDE]

I'd rip it completely apart and then let the motherboard sit without the battery for a while. Put it back together and if it doesn't work then something probably got fried.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
pull board from case, remove battery, wait a few..put battery back in..hook up basics(psu, hd, vid card, memory..1 stick..)quick short the pwr jumpers..when in doubt go to basic(bare) setup to test for function

I'd do all that but leave off the HD since you don't need that to see it post. You could even try leaving out the CPU, RAM, and video card in different combos and power it up to see if you get beep errors like you should.

 

[Finnkc]

ya I still got nothing ... POS!

Anyway getting a new mobo tomorrow I hope this was the problem.

Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[littlebitstrouds]

If all else fails I bet you could get a few $ for the parts for someone to mess around with... or you could just give it to me to play with, I don't need to pass any classes this year

 

[Trianon]

How do you know PS is OK?