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problems booting

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rahan46

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Been having problems with my computer booting. Before I went away I unplugged the power cord and just left it (so it's been sitting for 7days not turned on). Anyway I get back plug it in try to boot and all the fans/leds/cd-roms spin up but I get no video and no POST beep. The cd-rom will even open/close fine but on the keyboard the num lock key will not light up like it usually does. Anyone have any ideas? (The mobo is grounded fine so i dont think thats the problem)

Athlon xp 2500+
512mb geil pc3200
ati radeon 9600 pro
120gb 7200 rpm hd
 
Did not plug/un-PLUG any USB devices when it was off. Now when I tried starting it, it made a whining noise yet the CPU fan is spinning fine. It doesn't sound good..
 
Dead card would of been my first thought, but if there is no post beep then i would then point the finger at the motherboard.
 
Try unplugging the power supply/ wait for 5 minutes or so, plug it back in, then try and see what happens. Of course you want Everything off first.
 
I just thought of something.. my time in windows would constantly be off (must of been a low CMOS battery). Could a dead cmos battery be the reason for it not posting?
 
Um, normally your box will post even with a bad cmos battery. The clock will be wrong and you'll most likely get a "checksum" error. Not posting is more like a bad mb or ram problem.
 
Well I had my computer working for about 5 days I even rebooted a few times. But then the power went out and the next morning i hadnt even touched it since it had been off and when I would power it on nothing happens again. I'm not even sure what I did last time to get it to turn on. I've remounted the motherboard so I don't think its a grounding issue.
 
If it died after a power outage, you might have had a spike go through your computer and damage it.

Is/was your computer plugged into a UPS or power strip?
 
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