PC boot issues

adelburn · 16 Aug 2010 at 11:41

The PC starts with the fans at full speed and stays that way, with no display coming up on screen. Usually the fans slow down after a few seconds, then the display comes on.

What could be causing this and how do I fix it?

St0tteh0 · 16 Aug 2010 at 11:42

have you over clocked or anything?

adelburn · 16 Aug 2010 at 13:18

I did do. I have a GA-P35C-DS3R mobo with an E2140 running at 2.6ghz for the past 18 months. I cleared the CMOS earlier as I thought that may resolve it but unfortunately not.

St0tteh0 · 16 Aug 2010 at 13:22

try it with just one stick of RAM and try them all individually to see if it boots

MiTz · 16 Aug 2010 at 13:34

That's exactly what mine did and i ended up needing a new motherboard (chipset fried)

It could be a number of things though, so start with the basics and troubleshoot your way through.

First i would suggest to try one stick of memory at a time (if you have 2 of course )... Then reseat the video card, or try a different card if you have a spare.

If it still doesn't boot, then unplug everything from the back of the system and unplug all drives inside the system and try it again..

If still no joy then also take out any extra cards and leave just the memory and graphics card installed...

After that if it still doesn't work, i would say its doubtful to be the memory if you tested 2 sticks, so that narrows it down to the motherboard cpu and graphics card, the more likely ones being the graphics card or motherboard !

Great if you have a mate with similar system then you can test their parts etc in yours