toms100
12-14-03, 12:20 PM
i built a pc a while ago, using an athlon 1400 and this (http://www.vitalitycomputer.com/vitalitycomputer/sysvmo.html) motherboard.
it was all working fine until friday night when it all went a bit pete tong:eek:
i turned on the pc, it booted up as normal, and got into windows. it was at this point i went off to do other things. upon returning later that evening, i found that it was powered on, but the screen was off, moving the mouse did nothing.
I turned it off then on again by holding down the power button for 6 seconds.
i heard it powering up, the fans come on, the cd-drive light lights up briefly, and the harddrive powers up. but thats it.
no lights on the front of the case light up (as they used too), it does not post, nothing.
i have removed the graphics card, still the same problem (no lights light up), unplugging the harddrive and cd-rom ide cables does nothing. even without any ram in it still functions exactly the same.
but how do i tell which has gone wrong?
i have an old cpu which might work, but im yet to test as it is likely to prove inconclusive.
i have noted that the heatsink does not get hot ( a nice decent coolermaster one), but i dont know if it did before it went awry:s
anyway, to cut a long story short, id appreciate some tips which can help me deduce the cause of my problem, ie;
CPU or Motherboard?
many thanks
Tom
it was all working fine until friday night when it all went a bit pete tong:eek:
i turned on the pc, it booted up as normal, and got into windows. it was at this point i went off to do other things. upon returning later that evening, i found that it was powered on, but the screen was off, moving the mouse did nothing.
I turned it off then on again by holding down the power button for 6 seconds.
i heard it powering up, the fans come on, the cd-drive light lights up briefly, and the harddrive powers up. but thats it.
no lights on the front of the case light up (as they used too), it does not post, nothing.
i have removed the graphics card, still the same problem (no lights light up), unplugging the harddrive and cd-rom ide cables does nothing. even without any ram in it still functions exactly the same.
but how do i tell which has gone wrong?
i have an old cpu which might work, but im yet to test as it is likely to prove inconclusive.
i have noted that the heatsink does not get hot ( a nice decent coolermaster one), but i dont know if it did before it went awry:s
anyway, to cut a long story short, id appreciate some tips which can help me deduce the cause of my problem, ie;
CPU or Motherboard?
many thanks
Tom