Need help with my Athlon PC

davie23223

davie23223

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*JUST EDITED* - one more thing!, when i turn the system on, it makes that little different noise, makes like a kinda powering up noise, than the loading light just stays on the whole time, but i can tell its not loading by not hearing the computer load.

I need help with my old amd athlon pc. Baught it from BestBuy Compaq computer. 1ghz athlon thunderbird, 512mb sdram, 40gig. When ever i push the power button the system light goes green as it suppose to but then after 5 seconds i hear the computer make different noise, (ittle difference) and than it doesnt load, then my monitor light turns orange. There was a problem before that, My computer kept freezing, It all started one day when my computer froze, the next day it freezes 2 times, ext 4etc.. it kept getting worst, it got to the point that it froze after 20 seconds from turning computer on. Another thing was I had an XFX Geforce 4mx-440se 64mb DDR on my AGP slot and the fan wasnt running properly, sometimes the fan didnt work sometimes. Did my video card toast the computer or something?
 
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Heres my Computer Info

Standard Features
Dimensions & Weights
(H x W x D)
Unit: 16.55" x 8.76" x 17.3" (25.3 lbs.)
Package: 24.06" x 13.13"; x 22.44" (36.6 lbs.)
Processor
1.0 GHz AMD Athlon™ Processor with Enhanced 3DNow!™ Technology
System Bus
200 MHz system bus
Cache
384 KB On-Chip Cache
System Memory
128 MB 100 MHz SyncDRAM, three total DIMM slots upgradable to 768 MB (SyncDRAM DIMM required)
Hard Drive
40.0 GB UltraDMA Hard Drive
DVD-ROM Drive
12X Max DVD-ROM drive
CD-RW Drive
8X CD-RW Drive
Modem
56K ITU V.90 modem
Networking
10/100 Ethernet Networking Card
Multimedia Graphics
NVidia TNT2 Vanta LT Graphics card w/8MB Video Memory
• Video Player (AVI, MPEG and others)
• Maximum non-interlaced resolution of up to 1600 x 1200 at 75Hz (when supported by monitor)
Audio
Soundmax integrated digital audio
• Audio CD player
• Organize and play digital MP3, WMA or personal CD audio files on your PC
• FM Synthesis Emulation
Compatibility/Compliance
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
Energy Star Compliant
Plug-and-Play
Expansion Slots (Four total)
• One PCI slot with modem installed
• One PCI slot with networking card installed
• One AGP slot with graphics card installed
• One PCI slot open for expansion
Expansion Bays (Six total)
• 3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive
• Hard drive
•DVD-ROM drive
• CD-RW drive
• Two drive bays open for expansion
I/O Interfaces
• Four USB ports (2 front, 2 back)
• Serial RS-232C compatible, DB9 connector (16550)
• Parallel EPP/ECP standard centronics-compatible interface (DB25 connector)
• RJ-11 phone jacks (1 input, 1 output)
• RJ-45 Ethernet port
• Audio ports (line-in, line-out and microphone-in)
• Two PS/2 ports
• Monitor connection (VGA)
Power Supply
Steady-state 250 watt power supply
Diskette Drive
3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive
 
have you tried taking the graphics card out and using the onboard graphics i doubt this is the problem but its worth a try.think its the mobo myself sounds like its fried,but it may be worth trying a psu out of another pc if you have one.it looks a hard job but it isn't just copy everything.
 
I tried the old video card and it still does the same thing, what is a psu? And if im lucky sometimes the syustem powers on its weird. Say like 1 day, i try to get it working all day wont work, i left it for like 4 days and pushed the button it works, but than hours after it freezes and doesnt work anymore.
 
one more thing!, when i turn the system on, it makes that little different noise, makes like a kinda powering up noise, than the loading light just stays on the whole time, but i can tell its not loading by not hearing the computer load.
 
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