I have two computers now, one amd and one pentium, built with loving care that have crashed completely. I turn them on, get power from the supply, and nothing else. No post no nothing!! Any ideas??? HELP!!
The amd is a 2500 barton a7n8x mb that I changed out to a mach speed mb, tried changing out the video card in that one nvida), 1 g of memory. Not sure about everything as it's been awhile since I built them. The amd I have tried unplugging everything but the mb and cpu, and still get nothing. The pentium is a 4, 1g rambus, nvidia, buncha hard drives and has run for a couple of years. I haven't tried anything on this one but a boot disk (nothing), just turned it on, hard drive light comes on and nothing....no post, no nothing, zippo, nada!! broken hearted for surely....and they crashed in different towns, so I don't think it's power here or the isp!? thanks
Alright, you're on the right path. I'd test what components you can in another known working system if possible. Clear CMOS...if you can't find the jumper, pull out the battery for a minute with the power supply unplugged; replace and boot again. If the fans are just spinning, but the system won't POST, I'd look at the power supply as being the culprit...especially if the motherboard isn't even giving you any beeps.
are there any beeps when u turn the system on? ie memory test etc.???? i think you should try all ur hardware components on a friends system and rule that out including m/b. got a feeling its ur mobo :'(.
