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My computer turns on but I hear no beebs, and I see nothing on the monitor, I tested the monitor and it works fine. Also, the CD/DVD rom's light turns on like they are booting, however I hear nothing as in sound either not even from XP when I wait. I tested the video card on a different computer and it works fine. What could be the problem?
Failed Powersupply, Failed Heatsink fan, Failed CPU, Failed motherboard, Failed ram, Faulty PCI card, Faulty drive (HDD and/or Optic drive) Faulty USB device.
Simple things first. Does the heatsink fan spin when you try to bootup?
With power disconnected, unplug all power and data cables from harddisk drives and optic drives. Remove any PCI cards, Remove all but 1 stick of ram. Leave only motherboard, CPU with Heatsink fan, Graphics card, 1 stick of ram and keyboard. Reconnect power and see if it will boot into bios and give any POST beeps. Report back when you've tried this.I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.
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i plugged the other ram card back in, i guess its a faulty PCI card slot? let me plug the sound card back in
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Probably a RAM module came lose. Removing it and plugging back in solved the problem. These things happen at times.
Stuart
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RAM modules and PCI cards can come lose whether its a discount assembled tower, made by Dell or assembled yourself in your living room.
Its just one of those things that happens from time to time. Contraction and expansion caused by heat is the problem. If you can build a computer that generates no heat then the problem would never arise.
Stuart
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Glad you got it sorted.
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