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Fans going crazy, computer won't boot

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willtherock   10-28-2009 at 10:54:07 PM

Hi, I have an HP workstation xw6000 at work, and the other day, I turned it on and all the fans were going crazy (case and cpu), as in very very fast, and the computer won't boot. The BIOS info doesn't even pop up. I suspected it was a psu (WTX) problem, so I ordered a new one. I installed the new one and the same thing happened. So I disconnected all the wires on the motherboard and connected them again, I changed the motherboard battery, disconnected each fan one by one, cleaned up the motherboard, did a reset of the CMOS. None of this changed anything. Has anyone experienced a similar issue? What else could I try to see where the problem comes from?


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Shaun O   10-29-2009 at 12:19:58 AM
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It can be down to a bad memory stick to be honest.
I have known some motherboards refuse to boot if one stick of memory becomes faulty, bad.
Take all the sticks out, put one back in the memory slot, then see if it boots.
If it does, and you do have more than one memory stick its sure fire way of finding the bad one.

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JackNaylorPE   10-29-2009 at 12:39:12 AM
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Remove all boards, RAM sticks cables and reinsert.....little corrosion resistance can make strange things happen. Tried different monior ? Vid card ?

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willtherock   10-29-2009 at 03:36:41 AM
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I have tried to remove the memory sticks and to put them back. I will try this more systematically tomorrow. I have disconnected everything that touches the motherboard, and reconnected. I even removed the motherboard from the case to see if there was a short between the mb and the case. None of this brought any improvement. The problem persists if I remove the video card and unplug the monitor.

 


Message edited by willtherock on 10-29-2009 at 03:37:20 AM
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willtherock   10-29-2009 at 06:41:03 PM
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I have tried again to systematically remove each of the four memory stick at put them in one by one, or two by two, and the problem persists. I'm really short of ideas of things to try now.

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