** HELP!! Computer won't start/boot!!

[djxlee]

A beginner builder here, so I don't know anything about troubleshooting. Here's the thing, my computer was perfectly fine last night, so I went to sleep leaving it on. When I wake up, I turn on the monitor but it isn't recieving a signal. I thought my computer froze so I tried to restart it. Well, when the computer turns on, it makes this soft slight noise I've never heard and my case speaker starts spitting out sounds like its from hell. Then nothing... power is on, but no monitor signal, and the lights on my keyboard flashes.

I tried to disconnect my hdd, optical drives and disk drive, but still no signal and computer still makes these funny noises. Did something short? Can anyone give some advice??? 😕

 

[Radiohead]

CPU may have gone bad.

If you want to check if there is a short, take out everything and run it out of the case.

 

[LTC8K6]

Is the CPU heatsink on correctly? Fan working?

Was the speaker beeping and if so what was the pattern?

What mobo/cpu etc.?

 

[djxlee]

Yes CPU/HSF is installed and working...

Windows XP Pro
Lian-Li PC-6077
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton @ 2220 Mhz
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
512MB Geil PC-3200
Gigabyte Radeon 9600XT (w/ Artic Cooler Rev. 3)
WD 80GB SATA 7200RPM
Antec True430
NEC 2510A DVDRW
Sony 1.44" FDD

That is all. I don't hear clear "beeps" from the case speaker when the computer starts up, more like garbled static.... Hope this helps???

 

[djxlee]

Originally posted by: Radiohead
CPU may have gone bad.

If you want to check if there is a short, take out everything and run it out of the case.

Well I took everything out the case and just powered up outside the case, but the speaker still brings in inconsistent static and no visual display. No HDD activity either... any other suggestions?

 

[Radiohead]

Do all the fans spin? If so then doubt it is the power supply.

Only other thing I can suggest is trying another cpu

Good luck

 

[djxlee]

Yeah, all the fans spin, but just so signal from video card...