I NEED COMPUTER HELP!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

HELP!!!!

My desktop died sometime over night. It was running fine last night, shut it down correctly, and when I went to turn it on this morning it didn't boot up.
The monitor says "no signal" when it is turned on.
The speakers do not play the standard start up tune.
The hard drive and CD/DVD rom drives spin at start up and the hard drive tries to run, but nothing from it.
The little light on the motherboard indicating power is on.

My guess is the motherboard crapped out because it isn't sending video to the video card or sound to the speakers which are integrated. It could also be the processor, but that doesn't explain the no video problem.
Any thoughts?????

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[Nightingale 0]

did you check all your cables?

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

Yes, all cables are good. Inside the case and out.

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[PhreeZone 20]

Are you able to disconnect the HD and get the Bios screen to appear at least? If not your looking at a MB/card issue.

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[Remster 30]

Just in case: you didnt leave a floppy in the drive did ya?

Remster

[sdctlc 0]

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HELP!!!!

My desktop died sometime over night.

Well. I guess that is what it takes to keep your pirate arse off the MSN page.......


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Scott C.

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[GogglesnTeeth 6]

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Are you able to disconnect the HD and get the Bios screen to appear at least? If not your looking at a MB/card issue.

Didn't think of that, just tried it.... no bios screen since I can't get anything on the monitor. It shut down fine last night... I have an LCD Plat panel monitor, and I don't think it's that because when I push the power button on it, a small screen pops up that says no signal. Still no boot up sound from the speakers either. I do get the system speaker beep, but that is all other than fan noise.
So, looking at motherboard?? what about the processor?? thoughts???

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"

[wildblue 7]

You do get the BIOS beep? Just one beep?
Make sure the monitor cable is plugged in (unplug it and plug it back in) and make sure it's set to the right input if it has inputs for VGA and DVI.

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[indyz 1]

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I do get the system speaker beep, but that is all other than fan noise.

Check the manual for your motherboard. Sometimes the beep codes carry useful information.

[mnealtx 0]

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I do get the system speaker beep, but that is all other than fan noise.

Check the manual for your motherboard. Sometimes the beep codes carry useful information.

This may help... for AMI and Phoenix bios.

Good luck!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[a97virago 0]

If you can get a video card, try plugging that in and plugging the monitor into the new card. It sounds like the Video card died. You SHOULD hear a series of beeps. If you do, note them Long, short, etc. And use the link above to further determine the problem.

Larry A-43434

[fatmarl 0]

I had this a few months ago, turned out that the graphics card had gone tits up.

[jsaxton 0]

1) turn computer off
2) make sure that speaker is connected.
3) remove RAM
computer should beep at you

if it does,

replace RAM
remove video card
computer should beep at you

replace video
try booting off a CDROM/floppy

[GogglesnTeeth 6]

Thanks for the suggestions.... I took it to Fry's Electronics yesterday because when I bought the motherboard, I bought a warranty with it, so hopefully that's the problem.... they are checking it out "when they get to it." So I hope to have it back in the next day or two.

Goggles and Teeth

"You fall like a greased safe!!!"