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Computer will not boot (but it used to). Please help with any ideas or suggestions

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edwardraff

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It is not my computer but it apparently stopped working in the middle of a DVD, and now when you turn it on nothing comes up on the monitor and nothing you cannot open the DVD drive or the burner. I have taken the cpu, ram, hard drive, DVD drive, burner, disk drive, video card, and audigy platinum out and the all work in other computers. I have also tried a different power supply, but the problem continues. The motherboard is a MSI K7T PRO2 Ver:1 and it has diagnostic led that comes up as [ 0 1 1 0] when the computer is turned on which according to the owners manual means "Processor Initialization. This will show information regarding the processor eg. brand name, system bus, etc.," And the Corresponding "possible problem" is "Please Check you reseller". So my question is the motherboard fried or broken in some other or is the problem something else if you have any ideas please post them.

Thanks in Advance

Edward G. Raff
 
First off, you have to figure out where the problem is coming from. You assume the motherboard. Which might be correct, considering all the parts work in other computers.

Have you tried to Reset your BIOS? Try that. If that does not work...

I'd suggest just putting the Mobo, CPU, Videocard, memory, and harddrive in, and try booting with those only.
If the problem still occurs, you know its one of those items, keep replacing one of those items with a spare until you can successfully boot. Then that is the defective item.
If the problem stops, then it has to be one of the other pieces of hardware. Start plugging stuff in until it stops booting.

Hope this helped, Good Luck.
 
Was the owner using a UPS? If not, was there any kind of storm going on or power outages when the computer went down? If so, I'd suspect the mb is toasted.

If everything works but the board, it must be the board.


However, do you hear any beeps when you try to boot in minimum configuration? Sometimes the RAM or the Videocard may not be properly seated. Highly unlikely though since the machine was working just before it went down.

It could be that your bios got wiped out by a surge. I've had three boards go on me in that past 4 years. One from static electricity while installing a part, another from a surge, and a third because I put the wrong bios on (doh!)


Good luck edwardraff

Actaeon, how do you "reset the bios"?
 
Um, I'm not sure exactly what its called, but, you move one jumper to another, give it about 10 seconds, move it back. Everything in the BIOs is back to default.

Could someone give me the exact name for it?

Thanks.
 
yeah thanks for the help I have tried the moving the jumper that clears the cmos, and finally decided to try a differnt motherboard, and of course the computer worked, but now the problem it the only motherboards I can buy locally use ddr ram and that computer previously had sdram and I don't really wan't to buy new ram and the motherboard I tested it with has to go back to another computer, so do you think I should wait and get a cheap mobo from newegg or buy a new ddr motherbaord and ram locally today for a lot more money
 
Well, if you're ready to upgrade your CPU too, grab a new DDR mobo at Newegg along with a new Athlon XP.

If you're not, get another K7T (or similar card).
 
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