Computer Worked Fine, Now Won't Boot

frying_pan_cat · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:33

My computer was working fine but I was playing company of heroes it just stopped working and said windows is logging off and proceeded to shut down. I then rebooted and it got to the logon screen and then shut down again. I unplugged everything other than the hard drive, graphics card and one stick of ram and flashed the bios and now it won't get any further than the bios splash screen. I've tested the ram in another machine and it's fine. I will try a new CPU later and post the results

95thrifles · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:38

Did flashing the BIOs complete OK?
Can you actually get into the BIOS?

frying_pan_cat · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:43

I've just tried a different power supply in it and without any ram it beepes to say no ram but with the ram in it wouldn't get to teh bios screen or give a beep to say it was on

Edit: No I couldn't get to the bios after the flash but I couldn't get to it before either

95thrifles · 28 Jan 2009 at 20:06

Well certainly sounds like its worth trying some different RAM if you can get a hold of any

frying_pan_cat · 28 Jan 2009 at 20:09

I have tried the CPU in another motherboard and that seems to be working so it's looking like it's teh motherboard. Is there anything I can do?

I've tried new RAM and that was no different

95thrifles · 28 Jan 2009 at 20:10

You can try swapping the mobo out see if that works, a pain I know, but only way to be sure

frying_pan_cat · 29 Jan 2009 at 12:58

I thought that I'd found the problem as the CD drive and it booted up fine with everything else plugged in but just now it completely died and wouldn't turn on until I'd turned it off at the mains

RoEy · 29 Jan 2009 at 13:07

I bl**dy hate computers sometimes. Such a pain when they go wrong. Especially when you don't know what problem is and you have to eliminate everything.

Hope you get it sorted mate as I do feel for you. Not nice when it happens.

RoEy

frying_pan_cat · 29 Jan 2009 at 15:15

It just died again so I think I'll have to go and order a new system which is annoying. Thanks for the replies though

linktoinsanity · 29 Jan 2009 at 16:16

Have you tried using a different PSU with it? It may be that the PSU is dying on you.

F2kSel · 29 Jan 2009 at 16:17

I have one power lead that needs to be in use otherwise the PC won't post. It needs to be plugged into either a hard drive or DVD player.