newbie help/computer wont turn on/where to start?

SirKenin · 09-11-2006, 01:46 AM

A bad cap I can certainly buy. Absolutely. I'm with you on that one. BIOS? No.

And no, a bad PSU will not light up the screen even for a second. I've had the problem he's having dozens and dozens of times where the PSU was the problem. That's why I suggested and was truly surprised when that wasn't the answer.

I guess you learn something new every day.

PC eye · 09-11-2006, 02:10 AM

Without the bios chip you have no nv ram for video, boot device, fsb, and other settings since no information can be stored to give instruction to the board itself. To see if there are any bad caps on the board the few tips on that can be read at http://www.badcaps.net/ident/

pcclueless · 09-14-2006, 06:27 PM

Finally picked up computer from shop today. The problem? Bad processor for those who were curious. I appreciate everyone's best effort to help me out with this.

SirKenin · 09-14-2006, 08:00 PM

Glad you got it fixed for sure. Did you replace it with the same chip?

pcclueless · 09-14-2006, 11:45 PM

No, upgraded from AMD 2400 to 2800. Thanks for the help.

09-14-2006, 06:27 PM	#33 (permalink)
pcclueless New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8	Finally........... Finally picked up computer from shop today. The problem? Bad processor for those who were curious. I appreciate everyone's best effort to help me out with this.

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09-11-2006, 01:46 AM	#31 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	A bad cap I can certainly buy. Absolutely. I'm with you on that one. BIOS? No. And no, a bad PSU will not light up the screen even for a second. I've had the problem he's having dozens and dozens of times where the PSU was the problem. That's why I suggested and was truly surprised when that wasn't the answer. I guess you learn something new every day.

09-11-2006, 02:10 AM	#32 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Without the bios chip you have no nv ram for video, boot device, fsb, and other settings since no information can be stored to give instruction to the board itself. To see if there are any bad caps on the board the few tips on that can be read at http://www.badcaps.net/ident/

09-14-2006, 08:00 PM	#34 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Glad you got it fixed for sure. Did you replace it with the same chip?

09-14-2006, 11:45 PM	#35 (permalink)
pcclueless New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8	No, upgraded from AMD 2400 to 2800. Thanks for the help.