Computer dead? Help

Hawknugget · May 7, 2016

So I recently moved from Canada to the States and I drove 3000 miles and I hadn't had the time to boot on my PC for 4 months so today I finnaly got around to it and I connect everything and no video output the CPU and GPU fans are spinning also there's no audio either
My PC is an older PC
It's an Asus m5a78 LM LX
Gtx 460
10gb ddr3 1600mhz
2 500gb hardrives and a t2 thermaltake 500w PSU
My guess is either one of these 4 options
1.resetting CMOS but I don't think it's this one since last time I had to reset CMOS there was audio
2.dead hardrive
3. Dead GPU
4.dead RAM slot or sticks
Tomorrow I'm going to try different RAM sticks in my other PC and trying out onboard video output to find out if it's the GPU and also try the hardrive on another build but I'm debating on trying the CMOS and I'm not sure what to do if it's something else
Additional info;
The movers dropped my PC on its side but I didn't think much of it at the time since it was a very minimal fall also the reset button keeps flashing whenever I boot it up

weberdarren97 · May 7, 2016

Try the hard drive in another computer and see if it works... Sometimes when they sit for that long, they become unable to spin up again.

Chicano · May 7, 2016

My first guess is it's the PSU... Resetting the BIOS would be the first thing to try, followed by testing the PSU in another computer, or another PSU in the affected computer. Next up would be testing onboard video, and trying one RAM stick at a time. In dropping a computer the most likely damage would be HDD/s but that would only affect Windows loading process and not the BIOS which should at least post and beep and you may also hear HDD noises.

To reset the BIOS, remove the AC power cable, remove the BIOS battery, press the start button and hold it pressed for at least 30 seconds, and next wait at least 5 minutes before putting the battery back on and starting the computer... if that doesn't work, reset the BIOS again the same way, but this time also switch the BIOS reset jumper to pins 2 and 3, and give it one hour to reset.

If nothing works after testing everything possible, the motherboard may have died but the last resort would be trying another BIOS reset following the last suggested method but instead of an hour, allow it to reset overnight... a web article said this is an old proven method guaranteed to work if BIOS corruption should be the cause.

Hawknugget · May 9, 2016

I managed to figure it out, thanks for the help turns out it was my GPU i took it out and tried onboard graphics and it worked then I tested it in another PC and no display and fans weren't spinning it could have also been the PSU but in either case I'm gétting an upgrade to both you and PSU and later on cpu

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