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Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

Original Message

Name: ganadara000
Date: February 1, 2008 at 10:11:21 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: Ram: 384MB, CPU: Intel 2.
Model/Manufacturer: Emachine

Comment:

Ok. So whenever I turn on my desktop, the CPU fan keeps running, and my computer boots up(?) but like... the screen is all black and the monitor eventually goes into a idle mode. My motherboard is supposed to be compatible with my current CPU. Any help?

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Response Number 1

Name: dean_brfc
Date: February 1, 2008 at 11:08:26 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

Reply: (edit)

When this happened to me it's because I'd been fiddling with the BIOS. I had to take the battery out of the motherboard for a few minutes then stick it back in and everything was fixed.
It's worth a try, can't do any harm anyway.

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Response Number 2

Name: ganadara000
Date: February 1, 2008 at 11:30:18 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

Reply: (edit)

tried the battery for BIOS
Isn't the problem T.T

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Response Number 3

Name: jackbomb
Date: February 1, 2008 at 19:38:49 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

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Another day, another emachine with a hooped power supply...
The lean, mean, movie playing P3 machine
P3-S 1400 @ 1.66GHz, 158MHz FSB
2GB PC2700 DDR
7950GT AGP
Optoma 1280x720 projector
JBL 5.1 amp and speakers
Now storing 114 HD movies

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Response Number 4

Name: ganadara000
Date: February 1, 2008 at 21:47:41 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

Reply: (edit)

So.... i need a new powersuppply in other words?

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Response Number 5

Name: Weazel
Date: February 7, 2008 at 13:04:08 Pacific
Subject: Fans all work, but no boot screen?

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What if you were to disconnect all other drives? Run just motherboard, cpu, and hard drive. Is that an appropriate method for checking to see if it is indeed just the power supply?

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