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I been desprately searching forums but haven't encountered anything
that helped.
I can't seem to figure this one out.
PC specs:
Asus P4S800 motherboard
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
512MB DDR Memory
I don't think anything else is relevant.
It was a barebones kit. I put everything together back in april I
think and everything was working fine. I haven't experienced any
problems until recently.
Suddenly one day the computer would not boot. I would turn it on and
it would power up but nothing happened. No beep, it would just hang.
So, I opened it up and started disconecting parts(HD, CD drives, etc)
one by one. No change.
Then I started to check connections on everything else(video card,
memory, etc) and nothing. Now for the part that really confusses me. I
unlocked the CPU fan to try to take it off. I had difficulty getting
it off so I decided to give up, reattached the fan and just for kicks
turned it on. It booted and went straight to system BIOS with a
message next to CPU external frequency(i think). It said something
about the setting being too high. I think it was at something like
200/33. I could be wrong about that value. I have it written down
somewhere. Anyway there wasn't a lower setting. So I left it alone and
exited for the BIOS and let the PC boot.
After this, anytime I wanted to use my computer I would have to unlock
the CPU fan, lock it again then boot. Otherwise the system would just
hang without booting. Also, the computer would freeze if I had it on
for too long.
Now it will not boot no matter what I do.
Could this be a problem with the power supply unit?
I thought it might be the processor overheating maybe.
I am really lost here and hope someone might be able to help.
If there is any information I leftout that might be relavant please
ask.
Thank you.
I been desprately searching forums but haven't encountered anything
that helped.
I can't seem to figure this one out.
PC specs:
Asus P4S800 motherboard
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz
512MB DDR Memory
I don't think anything else is relevant.
It was a barebones kit. I put everything together back in april I
think and everything was working fine. I haven't experienced any
problems until recently.
Suddenly one day the computer would not boot. I would turn it on and
it would power up but nothing happened. No beep, it would just hang.
So, I opened it up and started disconecting parts(HD, CD drives, etc)
one by one. No change.
Then I started to check connections on everything else(video card,
memory, etc) and nothing. Now for the part that really confusses me. I
unlocked the CPU fan to try to take it off. I had difficulty getting
it off so I decided to give up, reattached the fan and just for kicks
turned it on. It booted and went straight to system BIOS with a
message next to CPU external frequency(i think). It said something
about the setting being too high. I think it was at something like
200/33. I could be wrong about that value. I have it written down
somewhere. Anyway there wasn't a lower setting. So I left it alone and
exited for the BIOS and let the PC boot.
After this, anytime I wanted to use my computer I would have to unlock
the CPU fan, lock it again then boot. Otherwise the system would just
hang without booting. Also, the computer would freeze if I had it on
for too long.
Now it will not boot no matter what I do.
Could this be a problem with the power supply unit?
I thought it might be the processor overheating maybe.
I am really lost here and hope someone might be able to help.
If there is any information I leftout that might be relavant please
ask.
Thank you.