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krisandarcy   09-11-2003 at 05:12:30 PM

Yesterday I went to hop on my PC and noticed my screen saver was completely frozen. CNTRL+ALT+DEL didnt work so I powered it off and back on again. When it came back up it didn't post, no beeps, and no image on the monitor. I tried clearing the CMOS, reseating the cards, etc. Everything seems to power on fine but the computer just sits idle with all the fans whirling. Any ideas?

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Guillermo   09-11-2003 at 08:02:04 PM
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If you can try the components separately such dimms, VGA, but it seems to be the MoBo or Memory. It Beeps or just seems everything ok and the monitor never changes the blank screen?

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krisandarcy   09-11-2003 at 08:24:51 PM
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no post beeps at all and the screen stays at the "no input signal detected"



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krisandarcy   09-12-2003 at 03:16:49 PM
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Well I went and got a new MOBO, reinstalled everything but thing still didnt POST???WTF?

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sparky853   09-12-2003 at 06:25:55 PM
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could be a bad PSU. What size and ratings? Could also be a bad CPU. I don't suppose you have another one somewhere you can check with?

Maybe take your old mobo to a local store and have them test it, see if they can find any problems.

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krisandarcy   09-12-2003 at 06:32:47 PM
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its an ANTEC 430w PSU

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krisandarcy   09-12-2003 at 06:34:30 PM
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Also i noticed that the video card fan isnt coming on. Could it be just the video card?

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ClutchWorks   09-14-2003 at 10:40:04 AM
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Try pulling out the vid card and see if you get post beeps. Although I had the exact same scenario awile back on a spare pc... it was the processor that was fried.

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Crashman   09-15-2003 at 03:06:49 AM
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Over 70% of the time when someone says this, their problem is a grounded board, caused by an extra mounting post in the wrong location shorting the back of the board. And 80% of the remaining time it's caused by the IDE cables being backwards.

You know there's a post right at the top of this forum called "Motherboards FAQ", but you were too lazy to read it, so STFU and quit driving up the price of MY boards by returning YOUR boards.

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Flinx   09-15-2003 at 03:11:58 AM
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The cheapest and simplest way to find the problem is to swap components (one by one into a working computer).

Do you have a friend you can swap components with?

Try swapping your CPU to his/her board then ur memory etc. etc.
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TKH   09-15-2003 at 06:37:48 AM
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It's so annoying that people tend to ignore your Motherboard FAQ and start asking question right Crash :)

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Crashman   09-15-2003 at 07:06:38 AM
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The first 50 or so times weren't so anoying...what's really anoying is all the other respondants talking about the least likely sources, such as a bad power supply, video card, etc, and not pointing out the most likely things first.

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