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PC wont boot....

  • 18-07-2006 11:00am
    #1
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    strange one this....

    I have an old PC - its a P1 - 200mmx that I use for mucking around with. It always fired up first time until recently when I switched it on to a black screen. I presumed the CMOS battery was probably dead & replaced it, but no good. It wasn't even getting to the stage of sending a signal to the monitor or recognising the drives.

    anyways, after much fiddling, re-starting & clearing the bios through the dip switch, it came back to life.

    Worked for a few months and now the same again. Its a brand new battery in it, but no matter what I try, can't get it back to normal. Occasionally, it fires up & has lost its bios settings, I reset them & work happily for the day, even switching off & on again, but the minute its switched off & left overnight, I have a devil of a job getting it restarted.

    This is where I am now - I've tried everything, but just cant get to the bios screen or windows. Definitely power there as the fan & drives are spinning, but just nobody home !

    Any thoughts ???


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Can you hear the hard drive spinning up and is there the LEDs coming on the CD-ROM?


  • #3
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Hard disk is definitely spinning up, but thats just the power rather than recognition by the bios - not sure about lights on the cdrom, but the drawer opens ok when you press the button.


  • #4
    Triangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Triangle


    Could it be the Graphics Card?


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Have you got a spare hard drive you could check in it? Check all cables again and reseat the RAM also.


  • #6
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Dont think its the graphics - albeit its an onboard card, I would have presumed the hard disk or floppy would still have been recognised.

    I've swapped out the hard disk with same result, even disconnected the drive, taken out the memory & still I get power but no bios action.

    Wierd thng is, its is just as likely to suddenly come to life again & then die once more...I just wish I could track down the porblem


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  • #7
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    All I can think of is to strip the computer down to nothing and try each device one by one and you might get something.


  • #8
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Well true to form, this is posted from the P1, now back to life & no reason for it.

    I just know when I switch off tomorrow - it will be dead again.....


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