HELP PLEASE !! -> MY PC WONT BOOT UP ?!?!

[BEIF]

Hello - I hope this is OK, but a good friend of mine is having the following problem and I said I would post it here for him - he would appreciate any help he can get.

Many thanks on behalf of Alex - his problem is as follows:-

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Up until this morning, my PC worked %100 fine.

I went to turn it on and I got as follows:-

- P4P800 motherboard Green light is on
- CD-ROM lights up
- DVD ROM lights up
- hard disk starts
- hard disk light stays on RED
- CPU Fan spins
- P/Supply Fan spins

BUT

I get ** NO VIDEO ** signal at all
I get ** NO BEEPS ** of any kind
And the PC is just locked / frozen

Pressing DEL or INS does nothing - cant get into BIOS, and the a:\ drive doesnt light up


Is this *likely* to be the video card ?

I am trying a new Video Card tomorrow, but failing that, can anyone suggest what it might be ?

All help / advice / suggestions much appreciated.

Ta,
Alex

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Thanks, Ben

 

[imported_Phil]

Remove everything apart from the CPU (this includes memory!) to see if you get any beeps. If not, then the CPU or the motherboard is faulty; I would lean towards the motherboard, as it should beep frantically if the CPU has died.

 

[Slikkster]

Clear the CMOS on the motherboard. It's in the Asus manual how to do it on this board. Involves moving a jumper pin temporarily. Make sure the pc is unplugged when you do this, and remove the silver battery when clearing the cmos as well.

Also, make sure his 12v 4-pin power connector is attached to the board in addition to the regular power connector. This board apparently requires the additional power supply 4-pin power to be connected. Remove it and reseat it if it's already connected.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Is the PC speaker connected? I'm assuming yes. Sigh, no beeps = bad (meaning cpu or mobo is DEAD).

Well, I remember that everytime I had this issue, clearing the CMOS is the first thing i did. Arg, I can see i'm just reitterating everything that's already being posted, but I guess it's good I guess that I'm posting, since now you have 3 posts that say the same thing 😛.

 

[meltdown75]

I'm going to jump on the bandwagon too. I had an Asus board a while back which behaved the exact same way. It would only post perhaps 1/10 times. Very annoying - it got to the point where once it posted & booted, I just wouldn't turn it off. Not a very good solution.

I'm in the process of RMA'ing the board. I'll probably never buy anything from eBay again... no matter how "NIB" the item is advertised as.