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  1. john thomson

    john thomson Geek Trainee

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    hi guys
    I have a problem with pc. When it starts it made a vibrating sound which we found was the master cooler. But the unit will still not show anything on the monitor till I unplug the data cord then shows no signal.
     
    john thomson, Dec 5, 2004
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  2. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    well. introductory isn't a place to post this, someone move.

    But welcome we'll help ya out
     
    ninja fetus, Dec 5, 2004
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  3. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    I'm a little confused. Are you saying that when you pull out the "data" cable, your PC stops responding?

    And what "master cooler" do you have? It could be faulty, or if of a lower quality model, then that could be the cause.
     
    Waffle, Dec 5, 2004
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  4. ProcalX

    ProcalX all grown up

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    By "Master Cooler" i presume you mean the heatsink and fan that cools your processor? (if u dont know dont worry :))

    It is ESSENTIAL that you have a HSF (heatsink & fan) or as you say "master cooler", this must be properly attached to the motherboard, and it must be connected to a source of power (either on the motherboard (a 3 pinned module) or direct to Power Supply).

    As for your monitor not showing anything:

    Your monitor is not showing anything because there is something wrong, this may be caused by a number of things, the most common are:
    - Damaged Memory Or Memory not seated in it's slot properly, or in the wrong slot.
    - Video Card is damaged, Or Video Card is not seated in it's slot properly.
    - CPU may be damaged

    What you need to do, is try and test your video card (if it's a seperate piece of hardware, in another computer), if the computer your testing it in works, then you know that its not your video card, so put your video card back into the original computer it was in.

    Now test your memory, you may have between 1 - 4 pieces of memory modules (sticks of memory or "RAM" - both the same thing).

    Take all the memory in your computer out and try to turn your computer ON, with one module or "stick" of memory at a time, in your computer, make sure that the module or "stick" of memory you are testing is placed in something called "Dimm 1". "Dimm 1" is merely a name given for the slot of one of the places you can put memory in your computer.

    Example: if you have four places to put memory in, they will be called:
    - Dimm 1
    - Dimm 2
    - Dimm 3
    - Dimm 4

    "Dimm 1" is the place where your computer first looks for memory, so if only using one piece of memory, it needs to be in there. "Dimm 1" will be the memory slot on your motherboard that is closest to your "Master Cooler" or as we say "HSF" (HeatSink & Fan).

    Try each piece of memory you have one at a time, if your computer boots up with one of the pieces of memory, keep that piece of memory in the computer, and add one at a time, till you eliminate the "stick", "sticks", "module" or "modules" of memory that do not work.

    If you try all this and it still does not work, put all the memory back into the computer, and you know now that the memory is not your problem.

    Test your CPU (or processor), this is the "brain" of the computer if you like.

    For this i suspect you will need to take it to a computer repair shop or specialist that can fix your computer, as for someone with litte or no experience of fixing hardware will struggle with this.

    I hope this helps, post back if you will with what ever happens

    Good Luck :good:

    - PX
     
    ProcalX, Dec 5, 2004
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