Dormant PC unresponsive

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David_UK

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Apologies if this is inappropriate for this forum.

I have an old PC which has been stored away for 2-3yrs. It will now not boot up when reconnected. Keyboard and tower lights are normal and there is a brief noise from the HD. It does not perform POST or display any BIOS stage display - just a flashing cursor.

Is this likely to be due to a flat MOBO battery? Surely if that is all it would simply return to default BIOS settings. Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
try booting it with a cd in, maybe the hdd has become corrupted and is unable to load from it

edit: by cd i mean OS cd, not music :P

Lee :D
 
I'd surely replace the battery, and recheck all cables. The BIOS should be available. If you don't get a default BIOS setting set, then you should at least get the setup screen to enable you to auto-set your IDE drive(s).
Tom
 
lee101 & Ovenmaster
Thanks for your comments. I have swapped battery with functioning PC, jiggled all the cables & connections and it is still defunct. Will not boot from windows CD - monitor screen remains blank - no video signal, HD light comes on for 1sec then all quiet. Does not perform POST. - ?
 
does the pc use a non-integrated (dedicated?) graphics card, if so try swapping it with one that you know works, if there is still nothing then start tryignt to boot your pc with nothing, then keep adding 1 component at a time, until you find it won't work, then that should narrow it down
 
lee101
Yes, it uses a PCI graphics card. It will take some time to fiddle about but your suggestion sounds good. Thanks.
 
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