Nothing on screen

IggyStooge · 22 Nov 2008 at 18:46

Hello all,

A relatives PC has gone wrong recently and ive been asked to have a look at it :eek:

but im a bit stuck for ideas after trying a few things. Its an aging system - Athlon XP, 512 Ram, 6800GT, 80GB Samsung HD. The problem is that it starts up (there is power to the MOBO [EPOX EP-8KMM3I] cos the CPU fan is spinning) but nothing gets displayed on screen (No BIOS, nothing) The Monitor has been tested on my PC and works fine. I took the HD and Graphics Card to a mates and they work fine also. I tried a different HD in the PC in question and nothing is displayed on screen. I have tried the memory (a stick at a time in different slots). Anyone have an idea what the problem might be please? Anything else I can try? Could the MOBO be broken even if the fan is still working? :confused:

Any advice is much appreciated, Thanks

Iggy

IggyStooge · 23 Nov 2008 at 12:14

Thanks for your advice guys. Its been decided to buy some new parts.

Aiming to keep it pretty cheap (Under £200 - relatives arnt big gamers but do play some)

So far ive come up with this

GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3 £70.49 (has ide so i can use the exsisting harddrive (5yr old Spinpoint) and DVD-RW - am i right thinking i can do this?)

Athlon X2 2.2Ghz £29.36

OCZ 2GB Ram £25.84

Also my old 8800 GTS (im gonna get a Radeon 4850 i think)

They have a 400w PSU - will it be enough to power the above? If so Ill get a faster X2 for them.

Thanks

IggyStooge · 23 Nov 2008 at 17:39

Anyone know if the 400w PSU will be sufficient? It is an oldish one, says for pentium 4 on it. Itd be good if itll do the job. Itll need to power a couple of fans and DVD Drive as well as what ive mentioned above. Any advice would be great thanks.

IggyStooge · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:20

Thats unfortunate but I was expecting as much.

How about the Antec Basic 500W PSU or can anyone recommend a more suitable one for under £50?