computer wont boot please help

liamcrane · 19 Jan 2009 at 10:34

hi there having a little prob with my machine, was using it yesterday no probs at all but today when i turn it on it wont load up it just freezes on the asus screen (where u can press del to run setup etc) try pressing keys but nothing happens, all the fans are spining the cpu seems fine no strange beeping noises, anyone have any ideas why this would happen?

would really appricate any help

cheers

Angst · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:17

could try removing all but 1 stik of ram

ChrisLX200 · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:18

Usually a hardware problem of some sort, the PC is freezing during the scanning process as the BIOS looks aroiund for what bits are attached. Might be a simple bad connection, might be something failed. You'll have to start disconnecting things, unplug all the HDs apart from the boot drive, remove all sticks of RAM other than the first one, and try again.

The Deuce · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:47

is your keyboard plugged in ;-)

mithrandir · 19 Jan 2009 at 11:51

Check all cables are plugged in.

You could try clearing the CMOS.

liamcrane · 19 Jan 2009 at 22:15

cheers guys i have removed my heatsink cleaned the thermal paste of both the cpu and the cooler with some tissue, waiting for my artic thermal paste to arrive gonna try that 1st dont think thats the prob tho cos my cpu never goes above 27c so overheating and a loose fitted cpu cant be the problem. My keyboard is connected yeah. I did upgrade my pc to 4gb ram only had 2gb b4 but it always loaded up fine i no win 32bit wont let u run 4gb it comes out at 2.95gb but i will try removing the new sticks of ram i put in, i bought them from this site so if they are faulty can they be returned only had them 2 weeks?

cheers again

mithrandir · 19 Jan 2009 at 23:20

Check by running with the new ram only.

It could be a prob with your mobo supporting 4gb or 4 sticks.
If you can get into the BIOS maybe the ram settings need changing.

liamcrane · 20 Jan 2009 at 12:36

hi mate my mo board supports up to 8gb anyway i put new paste on my heatsink reinstalled it turned on my pc it worked then it froze after about 5 mins, so i took the 2 new sticks of ram out fired it up and it seems to be fine now, very strange indeed is there a program i can use to find out if the memory is not working properly?

thanks again