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Kucoloco
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here it goes. my pc (the specs below) was working fine. one night i decided to format my primary drive, and reinstall windows. half throu the setup, the computer restarts like usual, but this time it never came back, the monitor would not turn on.. as in there were no drives plugged in.
i opened it up, checked some things, replaced ram, cheked the thermal grease, changed the monitor, the video card.. drive cables, cpu, and even the power box, but nothing. since i took out most things and tested only with necesary hardware, it seemed like i should test the m board as well, i took out my biostar board (4 months old). I have brand new things that belong to costumers,so i put a (new from the box ECS board) the one that supports AMD XP 2000+. and no results.
I went to work. came back and made sure i had a brand new drive cable. used a new hard dive, and a cd rom. i got it to boot up, went throu the windows setup, and it worked until i restarted, then i did the same the "not turning the monitor on or beeping thing".
if i leave it alone (moove nothing).. and come back later and turn it on it goes into windows, i can run programs etc. but if i turn it off.. it might never come on.. or atleast until it feels like it. i tried diffent jumper settings, with or without cdrom.. different drives.. agian the ram.. and also the cables the go from the power and reset switch...so far, nothing. i have trouble shooted alot of pcs, but this is weird, and is happening to me.
im runnign out of ideas. please let me know. i know you guys have alot of knowledge.
thanks
i opened it up, checked some things, replaced ram, cheked the thermal grease, changed the monitor, the video card.. drive cables, cpu, and even the power box, but nothing. since i took out most things and tested only with necesary hardware, it seemed like i should test the m board as well, i took out my biostar board (4 months old). I have brand new things that belong to costumers,so i put a (new from the box ECS board) the one that supports AMD XP 2000+. and no results.
I went to work. came back and made sure i had a brand new drive cable. used a new hard dive, and a cd rom. i got it to boot up, went throu the windows setup, and it worked until i restarted, then i did the same the "not turning the monitor on or beeping thing".
if i leave it alone (moove nothing).. and come back later and turn it on it goes into windows, i can run programs etc. but if i turn it off.. it might never come on.. or atleast until it feels like it. i tried diffent jumper settings, with or without cdrom.. different drives.. agian the ram.. and also the cables the go from the power and reset switch...so far, nothing. i have trouble shooted alot of pcs, but this is weird, and is happening to me.
im runnign out of ideas. please let me know. i know you guys have alot of knowledge.
thanks