Computer Problems

[karlli86]

Hello,


When I turn on my computer, the lights on my keyboard dont show up, the monitor signal doesnt come on, no mouse signal....when i open the case I can see that the power supply is running, my 2 hard drives are both working and the heatsink over my proc is spinning. I dont know why there seems to be nothing loading on the monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

I dont understand what the problem is because the computer seems to be running but there isnt any signal to the listed devices. I have a Chaintech Mobo Nforce 2, Powmax case that came with the PS, 512 MB of pc2100 ram,

My comp stopped working for some reason. I turned it off tues night and when i came back wednesday after school it didnt work. Hope somebody can give some advice. Thanks

 

[mechBgon]

1) confirm that your keyboard is plugged into the purple port and not the green one

2) if it were me, I'd get a known high-quality power supply such as Fortron, Antec or Enermax


Welcome to the Forums, hope that helps If not, post the rest of the specs in as much detail as possible.

 

[karlli86]

yea everything is plugged into the right ports.

 

[Stas]

I hope that the heatsink doesn't really spin, but the fan does.
Do you hear any beeps when you turn it on?

 

[karlli86]

no beeps.........yea my bad i meant the fan over the heatsink

 

[mechBgon]

Post the rest of your specs. But if it used to work, and now it doesn't work any more, I'm guessing your PowMax power supply went "Pow" on you :evil:

 

[karlli86]

hahaha but i can hear the power supply running

my mobo is a Biostar M7NCD not a chaintech

Specs
AMD 1.4 Thunderbird
Biostar M7NCD
ATI 9600xt
1 256 crucial, 1 256 kingston value
80 GB and 160 Gb Western Digital
SB Live soundcard
400 watt Powmax PS that came with case

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: karlli86
hahaha but i can hear the power supply running

Well, whenever you become dissatisfied with the PSU merely spinning its fan, and want a PSU that will make the rest of the computer work too, you might want to go get a new high-quality power supply.