Name: typeslice Date: September 18, 2005 at 23:20:43 Pacific Subject: No boot after hard reset OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 64bit 3200+/1024
Comment:
Ok, anytime I hard reset my computer, like if my screen freezes or what not...it won't boot up after the reset. All the fans/lights will go on..I can hear the hardrive spinning, the cdrom drive will open, but I get no boot beep, and the monitor reads no signal. If i let the computer sit for about 24 hours, and try and start it, it wil boot up just fine and everything is back to normal. I thought maybe it was the psu, so I installed a new one today, and low and behold, the computer won't boot again. So now I'm waiting until tomorrow to see if it will boot again after letting it sit. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance
Sounds like a heat problem. Try cleaning out the case with a can of Air. re-seat all the memory,CPU and graphics card. check all the cables for tightness. If you still have the same problems, try running a memory test on it. memtest86.com
<===Lefty=== AMD 64 3200+ 200 GB WD Geforce 5500FX 256 MB 512 MB Ram Needs more. Windows XP
Thanks for the quick responce, going to buy a can of compressed air tomorrow. I tried moving the memory to different slots today, and when i do that i get error beeps, continuous beeps separated by a second or 2, indicating a psu or motherboard error; however when I move the memory back to the original slots, i get nothing again, no boot and no beeps at all. Could part of the motherboard be fried? if that was the case why would it start fine after sitting for a while?
