Computer suddennly die?

johnb35 · 01-27-2008, 09:59 PM

Try something easy and take the hard drive out of the mix, unhook it from the cable and see what the system does. If it posts, then its the hard drive, if it doesn't, then its something else.

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 01:01 AM

Okay well i tryied hooking first the hard drive just the power with no IDE cable and it spun up, turned off the pc and hooked the IDE cable and it wont spin up, tried different IDE cables,another power supply,but no matter what i have hooked up the pc will not show anything on the monitor,no post,it just goes into sleep mode and the screens LED is yellow, when it should be blue. I have another motherboard thats a little bit older and switch the processor out and see if its the motherboard. Let me know if you want the motherboard of the one i could use to see specs..thanks

johnb35 · 01-28-2008, 01:12 AM

Don't even hook power up to the hard drive and just try turning the pc on. Does it post like it should then?

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 02:48 AM

without the harddrive it still wont post..what do you think next

johnb35 · 01-28-2008, 03:16 AM

Since you can't access the bios, see if there is a jumper to clear the cmos on the motherboard and see if it will boot then. Also try removing all pci cards, just leave mouse,keyboard, 1 stick of ram, video card of course. then see what happens. if all that don't do anything then most likely you have a bad motherboard.

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 03:50 AM

Well i wont get a change to do what you stated johnb35 till tomarrow. But i took some pictures of the motherboard i was using and the other one i had laying around. yes i know there not the best.

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 04:10 AM

The first picture is the one from the compaq 5000, the other ones i had laying around.
i googled the compaq5000 motherboard to find that it happened to other people with this same model, i didnt find a reason or how to go about fixing it. lemme know if you guys search and find a result

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 12:03 PM

if you guys think of anything, let me know so when i get home later i could try it.. thanks for the help again

PcFreak14 · 01-28-2008, 11:50 PM

im seriously getting fed up with this pc. ugh i wish this no display had a fix that i could find.

01-27-2008, 09:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 878	Try something easy and take the hard drive out of the mix, unhook it from the cable and see what the system does. If it posts, then its the hard drive, if it doesn't, then its something else. __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

01-28-2008, 01:12 AM	#13 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 878	Don't even hook power up to the hard drive and just try turning the pc on. Does it post like it should then? __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

01-28-2008, 03:16 AM	#15 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 878	Since you can't access the bios, see if there is a jumper to clear the cmos on the motherboard and see if it will boot then. Also try removing all pci cards, just leave mouse,keyboard, 1 stick of ram, video card of course. then see what happens. if all that don't do anything then most likely you have a bad motherboard. __________________ Motherboard - Asus P5B-E CPU - E6600 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - x1650 pro 256mb Hard Drives - 250GB WD and 250GB Samsung in Raid 1 DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Ultra 425 watt - upgrading to at least 550-600 Watt 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

01-28-2008, 03:50 AM	#16 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Well i wont get a change to do what you stated johnb35 till tomarrow. But i took some pictures of the motherboard i was using and the other one i had laying around. yes i know there not the best. Last edited by PcFreak14; 01-28-2008 at 03:53 AM.

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01-28-2008, 01:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Okay well i tryied hooking first the hard drive just the power with no IDE cable and it spun up, turned off the pc and hooked the IDE cable and it wont spin up, tried different IDE cables,another power supply,but no matter what i have hooked up the pc will not show anything on the monitor,no post,it just goes into sleep mode and the screens LED is yellow, when it should be blue. I have another motherboard thats a little bit older and switch the processor out and see if its the motherboard. Let me know if you want the motherboard of the one i could use to see specs..thanks

01-28-2008, 02:48 AM	#14 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	without the harddrive it still wont post..what do you think next

01-28-2008, 04:10 AM	#17 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	The first picture is the one from the compaq 5000, the other ones i had laying around. i googled the compaq5000 motherboard to find that it happened to other people with this same model, i didnt find a reason or how to go about fixing it. lemme know if you guys search and find a result

01-28-2008, 12:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	if you guys think of anything, let me know so when i get home later i could try it.. thanks for the help again

01-28-2008, 11:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	im seriously getting fed up with this pc. ugh i wish this no display had a fix that i could find.

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