dead pc?

addictedtopain · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:52

I've got a computer at work a colleague has asked me to look at, It turns on, but nothing appears on the screen, as there is no on-board graphics chip, and its an old machine it uses AGP graphics.

My first move was to swap the graphics card, but no luck,

I then took out all the sticks of RAM and put 1 in the first slot. - Still no luck
I tried resetting the bios via the CMOS battery as there was no jumper pins

CPU is generating heat so I assume that's not what's blown.

There is a light on next to the RAM on the motherboard.

I've removed the hard drives, I don't even get a POST Testing, also if you try to open the cd drives the open halfway then automatically close

anyone got any idea whats up? My guess is motherboard had gone, but i'd like a second opinion

Lemin · 17 Sep 2010 at 15:00

Need to try another PSU.

addictedtopain · 20 Sep 2010 at 15:14

I have tried with different PSU and it is still not booting

Any ideas?

Ravenger · 20 Sep 2010 at 16:11

Try a different bios battery. I had a PC once fail to boot in exactly the same way and the bios battery was dead.

Nyoron · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:01

Tried it on a different monitor and/or different monitor cables?

addictedtopain · 20 Sep 2010 at 20:27

Fixed, finally. There was a cmos reset jumper that i couldnt see, was hiding under neath loads of cables, sorted now

feel a bit silly as resetting the cmos by taking the battery out was the first thing i tried, obviously didnt work, ah well cheers

addictedtopain · 1 Oct 2010 at 14:57

Okay, I am still having problems with this machine, I try booting up and I get BSOD stop 0x0000007B code. I have tried booting In safe mode and last known config, nothing. I havn't done a disk check yet, But I will do shortly. I have also replaced the CMOS battery for a brand new one.

After everyboot, I have to reset the CMOS via the jumper. I think the BIOS needs upgrading.

can anyone help?