Problems Starting up the computer

saurabh008 · 06-07-2005, 01:58 AM

Hi
I've confirmed
RAM
graphics card
drives
psu
I'm not sure how to check cpu heatsink.Can you please help?

saurabh008 · 06-07-2005, 02:57 AM

Can anyone help me out with the Dual Power Supply (DPS) card inserted in the motherboard. What does it actually do? It's not fitted very tightly. There's a metal clip that goes over the card but the card still moves very easily. As I mentioned before my computer started for a while as I was fixing it but as the windows was about to load it froze again.

**dragon2309** · 06-10-2005, 10:44 PM

I would say a motherboard fault, a friend of mine had this problem, basically everything that the CPU and HDD want to display has to travel throught the motherboard. It is in there somewhere that it is going wrong, a fried connection, a melted capacitor.... whatever it is, its not replceable so a new mobo is on the agenda, try it...

saurabh008 · 06-30-2005, 05:35 PM

Hi guys
Thanx for your help so far
I've tried almost everything and the conclusion I've come up with is that there might be something wrong with my AGP slot coz my graphics card works just fine.Is there any way of checking the AGP slot to make sure that's waht the problem is. If that is the problem, Apart from getting a new motherboard is there anything else I can do to deal with this problem.

saurabh008 · 06-30-2005, 05:40 PM

My motherboard is Gigabyte ga8inxp

**Cromewell** · 06-30-2005, 05:40 PM

you could try a PCI video card and see if that gets anything to display

**Praetor** · 07-01-2005, 10:19 PM

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I've tried almost everything and the conclusion I've come up with is that there might be something wrong with my AGP slot coz my graphics card works just fine.Is there any way of checking the AGP slot to make sure that's waht the problem is.

Kinda ... if you grab a PCI video card you can sorta rule out the specifics of the AGP slot (that and get a known working AGP card too)

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you could try a PCI video card and see if that gets anything to display

Bah great minds

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06-07-2005, 01:58 AM	#11 (permalink)
saurabh008 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 10	Hi I've confirmed RAM graphics card drives psu I'm not sure how to check cpu heatsink.Can you please help?

06-07-2005, 02:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
saurabh008 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 10	Can anyone help me out with the Dual Power Supply (DPS) card inserted in the motherboard. What does it actually do? It's not fitted very tightly. There's a metal clip that goes over the card but the card still moves very easily. As I mentioned before my computer started for a while as I was fixing it but as the windows was about to load it froze again.

06-30-2005, 05:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
saurabh008 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 10	Hi guys Thanx for your help so far I've tried almost everything and the conclusion I've come up with is that there might be something wrong with my AGP slot coz my graphics card works just fine.Is there any way of checking the AGP slot to make sure that's waht the problem is. If that is the problem, Apart from getting a new motherboard is there anything else I can do to deal with this problem.

06-30-2005, 05:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
saurabh008 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 10	My motherboard is Gigabyte ga8inxp