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Serious Problem

  • 16-11-2005 12:46am
    #1
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭


    I just sold my PC to my house mate, I had it for about 6 months, never had a problem with it... Just bought a new Graphics card and the most basic sound card. I installed everything and all was running grand. It was a bit slow so I reformatted it, it was working grand after that too. Next of all the mouse begins to freeze, then the keyboard... I restart and it works again for a bit. The internet connection kept getting lost and the other two computers were grand...

    It then got stuck on startup and now there is nothing, I turn on the power and the screen doesn't turn from standby. I checked connections and everything... Can anyone help?


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  • #2
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Reformatted from original system restore CDs?
    Installed drivers for new Gfx & Sound cards?
    On-board Video/Sound disabled in Bios?


  • #3
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Don't know about the onboard stuff. But I think it is disabled...

    Rebooted from origional CD.

    Installed the drivers also, could it be rom?

    It's not even getting to bios. Just a blank screen the whole time?

    I think I will try swapping rom and see what happend...


  • #4
    TheBigLebowski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭TheBigLebowski


    Disconnect anything you added sound cards etc and try and get it booted. Keep taking away non-essentail parts(drives, cards etc) and you might be able to pinpoint the baddy.


  • #5
    TheBigLebowski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭TheBigLebowski


    Is there an audible beep when you power it on now?


  • #6
    Heinrich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Heinrich


    Is your PSU bust?


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  • #7
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Reseat the video card. If it's not seated properly it can prevent boot. Or it could just be bust :(


  • #8
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭jonski


    Heinrich wrote:
    Is your PSU bust?


    Usually a good place to start when you get no bios beeps . Even if you have a red light on the MOBO it can still be the psu , happened to me twice , first time didn't know and had to send it to the shop , second time I guessed right :)


  • #9
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Nice one, I will check the PSU and see what happens. The graphics card is only a few weeks old. Before I posted I checked to see if everythings was seated correcly and it was. The only things I didn't check was the PSU and the ram... tomorrow I will check it and let you know, thanks again. :)


  • #10
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    I don't know if you took the motherboard out of the case to install, but if you did, check that the motherboard isn't shorting off the case - make sure you set up the mounting screws properly, and use the little red insulating ring things on them.


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