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Hi,
I have had my self-assembled PC running for almost a year now with no problems. However yesterday I switched on and noticed vertical artifacts on the screen during the boot sequence, which remained when I got to the login screen in Windows XP. I rebooted a couple of times to see if the problem would correct itself, but after a short time I could not power on any more. Now whenever I power on, I get a burst of power into the motherboard for a fraction of a second - the CPU fan moves slightly, the light at the front of the case powers on slightly - but then nothing, the power goes dead. I do not get any audible beeps. I have stripped down - removing the memory, AGP card, IDE and other cables - to just having the power switch, CPU power and board power cables in, with just the CPU and CPU fan attached to the board, but I still get the same result. I have also tried clearing the BIOS, by removing the battery for 10 minutes, and removing the board from the case to make sure that the case itself wasn't causing a short-circuit. What could be the problem? Is the board short circuiting? Is it damaged, and if so what is likely to have caused it? Or could this be something else? Cheers for any suggesions, Loz --- Specs: M/B Name : Gigabyte GA-8IP775-G Video: PNY Nvidia 6800 Ultra CPU: Intel P4 3.0 Operation System: Win XP SP 2 Memory: Kingmax DDR 2Gb Power Supply : 500 W |
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No, unfortunately not, though I'll get hold of one... they're cheap
enough to have one lying around as a spare. Thanks for the tip. I hope it's a dodgy PSU (~£20). I had feared it was the GPU at first (~£300). |
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wrote in message oups.com... No, unfortunately not, though I'll get hold of one... they're cheap enough to have one lying around as a spare. Thanks for the tip. I hope it's a dodgy PSU (~£20). I had feared it was the GPU at first (~£300). Nope, sounded like a bad power supply to me. Either that, or a loose video card. Remove it and reseat it. -Dave |
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Either your power supply unit or your motherboard has failed. The easiest
diagnostic to run first is to replace the PSU and see if that fixes it. -- DaveW ---------------- wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I have had my self-assembled PC running for almost a year now with no problems. However yesterday I switched on and noticed vertical artifacts on the screen during the boot sequence, which remained when I got to the login screen in Windows XP. I rebooted a couple of times to see if the problem would correct itself, but after a short time I could not power on any more. Now whenever I power on, I get a burst of power into the motherboard for a fraction of a second - the CPU fan moves slightly, the light at the front of the case powers on slightly - but then nothing, the power goes dead. I do not get any audible beeps. I have stripped down - removing the memory, AGP card, IDE and other cables - to just having the power switch, CPU power and board power cables in, with just the CPU and CPU fan attached to the board, but I still get the same result. I have also tried clearing the BIOS, by removing the battery for 10 minutes, and removing the board from the case to make sure that the case itself wasn't causing a short-circuit. What could be the problem? Is the board short circuiting? Is it damaged, and if so what is likely to have caused it? Or could this be something else? Cheers for any suggesions, Loz --- Specs: M/B Name : Gigabyte GA-8IP775-G Video: PNY Nvidia 6800 Ultra CPU: Intel P4 3.0 Operation System: Win XP SP 2 Memory: Kingmax DDR 2Gb Power Supply : 500 W |
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you too, my son Brutus: get the vaccum cleaner out!
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:40:04 -0700, loz.archer wrote: Hi, I have had my self-assembled PC running for almost a year now with no problems. However yesterday I switched on and noticed vertical artifacts on the screen during the boot sequence, which remained when I got to the login screen in Windows XP. I rebooted a couple of times to see if the problem would correct itself, but after a short time I could not power on any more. Now whenever I power on, I get a burst of power into the motherboard for a fraction of a second - the CPU fan moves slightly, the light at the front of the case powers on slightly - but then nothing, the power goes dead. I do not get any audible beeps. I have stripped down - removing the memory, AGP card, IDE and other cables - to just having the power switch, CPU power and board power cables in, with just the CPU and CPU fan attached to the board, but I still get the same result. I have also tried clearing the BIOS, by removing the battery for 10 minutes, and removing the board from the case to make sure that the case itself wasn't causing a short-circuit. What could be the problem? Is the board short circuiting? Is it damaged, and if so what is likely to have caused it? Or could this be something else? Cheers for any suggesions, Loz --- Specs: M/B Name : Gigabyte GA-8IP775-G Video: PNY Nvidia 6800 Ultra CPU: Intel P4 3.0 Operation System: Win XP SP 2 Memory: Kingmax DDR 2Gb Power Supply : 500 W ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- |
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"mike" wrote in message news you too, my son Brutus: get the vaccum cleaner out! If that doesn't work, try a garden hose. No, DON'T. A vacuum cleaner is one appliance that should never be within five miles of a computer. -Dave |
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