help-PC packed up!!

[tyranus]

last night i switched on the PC, lights and fans are on but it just sits there and doesn't post!!

does anyone have any suggestions? i suspect hardware failure but i dont have any spare parts to aid in fault finding

 

[Ruhbarb]

CMOS clear, clean, and check all connection, change fuse etc But yes does sound like a failure is monitor lighting up okey, hard disk coming on ?? anyone else got ideas ?

Could you post your full specification that might help also any prior problems?

 

[tyranus]

erm..not sure what other info you need, spec in sig.

monitor comes on but no digital signal from PC..how do i clear the cmos? hard disk activity light comes on but no post...

 

[tyranus]

should also say that although i know it doesn't rule it out, mobo and grphx card are only a couple of months old.

 

[chris06]

To clear cmos there will be a jumper on the motherboard. Check the manual and it will tell you where it is

 

[Jay_t]

Do you get any beeps? If so, how many?

 

[hp7909]

{snip}how do i clear the cmos?{snip}

manual??? (PDF here)

 

[tyranus]

lol, thanks.

nope, no beeps what so ever, it just sits there.

 

[Ruhbarb]

Faulty memory would do that is first thing I would suspect.

 

[tyranus]

ok, i'll clear the cmos and since i have 2 sticks of ram i'll try one at a time.

i'll let you know how it goes

 

[tyranus]

it turns out that one of the sticks of ram was to blame, so it runs now thank god

still getting freezing problems, its not the ram, it was still doing it with one stick of Ram, then again with a spare couple of sticks a mate had.

It only does it when playing games like oblivion, call of duty 2 etc, not while playing FM06 or surfing.

I've done all the usual stuff, i.e. scandisk, swaped drivers, etc. Is it possible that the grphx card is to blame?

 

[tyranus]

anyone? really getting fed up with it now