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inolen
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PostPosted: 02-11-2005 11:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I just built a friends computer, and it is seemingly all together right. When we turn it on, the cpu fans spins every now and then, but then it stops and not shit else happens. I had this happen on an old computer once, any ideas?
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 12:10 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


cpu gone?

normally the case if cpu fan gets power but nothing else.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 12:39 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'd say power supply or mobo.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 03:00 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I was thinking power supply..
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 03:01 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Oblivi0.on wrote:
cpu gone?

normally the case if cpu fan gets power but nothing else.


But NOTHING else happens.. no noises, not shit. And it randomly happens (and this is only if I remove the power cable and plug back in).
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 04:11 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


if it only does it when you mess with the power cord i'd say the psu is probably sending junk power to the motherboard.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 12:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We got a new PSU, and now the CPU fans spins, but nothing else. The PSU fan doesn't spin at all.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 07:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We have finally got it to come on and all leds and shit come on, no beeps from the motherboard. But, there is no video output. We now just noticed that the LED on the front of the case is going straight to standby mode. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 07:45 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


If it powers on but doesn't boot and doesn't have video output, I'm guessing the motherboard.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


re-seat your heat sync fan
check for loose pci or agp cards
disconnect all non essential items like network card ..hard drives etc then test.

..or else mobo or cpu may be blown



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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:33 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We're stuck in suspend mode, so I guess thats why we aren't getting video output :P
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:36 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Check your ram.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


inolen wrote:
Oblivi0.on wrote:
cpu gone?

normally the case if cpu fan gets power but nothing else.


But NOTHING else happens.. no noises, not shit. And it randomly happens (and this is only if I remove the power cable and plug back in).


yea i know that nothing else happenes. when my cpu went ONLY the cpu fan would power on when you turned it on...nothing else. replaced the copu and BAM it worked

i dont think you constantly turning it on and off with a piece of fried hardware in it being good for the existing hardware.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:47 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Any other clue why this comp is going straight to suspend mode?
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 08:48 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


BTW, we plugged in an AGP graphics card and the fan is spinning, etc.
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 09:26 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


There is a feature on this mobo for a G-BTN button which supposebly exists on some case which causes the system to go to suspend mode and the power supply is reduced to a trickle, but we don't have anything connected to it. It's like that is somehow on?
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 09:50 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


not by default i imagine ... pull the battery off the mobo ..rest for a minute put it back in.

this will reset to bios defaults or check manual for what pin to short to reset the bios.



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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 10:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We took the battery out and tried already :(
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inolen wrote:
We took the battery out and tried already :(


not to try and sound like an ass, but you have the computer unpluged from the wall outlet too right?
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Kills On Site wrote:
inolen wrote:
We took the battery out and tried already :(


not to try and sound like an ass, but you have the computer unpluged from the wall outlet too right?


Oh hey, you're trying to be funny, right?

You know what I meant :retard:
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Did you jump the CMOS?
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inolen wrote:
Kills On Site wrote:
inolen wrote:
We took the battery out and tried already :(


not to try and sound like an ass, but you have the computer unpluged from the wall outlet too right?


Oh hey, you're trying to be funny, right?

You know what I meant :retard:


well it is a simple thing to forget, ive had a problem go on much longer then needed because a detail I overlooked
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PostPosted: 02-12-2005 11:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


final guess .. cpu not seated right ... heat sync fan and or thermal paste i strongly think is the bad guy.



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axbaby wrote:
final guess .. cpu not seated right ... heat sync fan and or thermal paste i strongly think is the bad guy.


Hmm.. it had the paste shit already applied. We just matched the CPU up and latched it down, put on heatsink and then latched it down.
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PostPosted: 02-13-2005 05:33 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


replace the cpu O_o
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