PC runs at max speed all time / No monitor signal problems...

yea i think i get a old rag then, im not worried to much about temps.

its been fairly cool. allways.

im just stumped on the graphics card, why that is spinning at max, and doesnt slow down on boot. and why it doesnt pick up a signal on the monitor... the cmos reset over night... didnt work :(

what kind of surface should i try if i was to build the pc outside the case? to make sure if it spins ok that way... just place on some carboard boxes?
 
i used a cotton bud. it came off without any liquids or anything,

was just like chalk.

now do i place a tiny rice blob and spread it out?
or just a blob... of the artic silver?
 
Id try and get hold of another card to try if you can, the Hiper could have taken it with it when it went.

Tiny rice blob, HSF will spread it out when you put it back on. :)
 
hmm. psu goes bang. you buy a new psu and the fan on the graphics card is going nuts and there's no post on the pc.



first thought - you graphics card is dead and when it died it took your psu out with it
second thought - your psu died first, taken your card and possibly other components out as well


action - get another card to try.

read it again, you'll find everything connected as it should be.

im not that silly not to connect power to the PCI card,
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you want help. you should let peopel help you:) its all well and good saying your not that silly, but as its something we've all done once at least, i wouldnt be so quick to dismiss such an easy mistake as that:)
 
thanks for the replys.

the only other graphics card i have is a old AGP one.. and i dont think it will go in my motherboard. it only has PCI express on it, same with connections.

i hope my graphics card hasnt gone.. as that cost me £500 when it came out.
and its just over a year old now, but i got it from here.

i know what you mean about the cables. i understand i done it once.
but yes, i never not look there, first place i check is making sure all cables are connected.

so just put a blob on the cpu, the heatsink with spread it out ok?
i keep reading, some people spread... others dont?

whats best for me?

when i first placed it in, there was a thermal paste allready on it, from AMD.
 
To be honest i would worry to much about how to put the thermal paste on it right now just spread it lightly and put it back, first off you need to get your pc working, Do you get any error beeps or any beeps at all? (assuming the speaker is plugged in of you have one onboard) if not and the speaker is plugged in take out both memory sticks and turn the unit on, This "should" give you error beeps if it is not then that could be the motherboard or processor or even the graphics card causing it, The fact that the fan is not spinning down on the card would suggest to me that you are not POST'ing and its not just the card not giving output.

Make sure you have the complete bare system, Only leave power supply, Motherboard, Memory and graphics card plugged in, Also plug the speaker in, Don't even plug in the Power button you can power it up by shorting accross the same pins (google it) see what this does.
 
thanks for the reply.

i just put the cpu and heatsink back on the motherboard. i then just took all that out, and had a good look, cant see anything wrong with it.

i dont think i coud be confindent enough to try shorting things, as a few people said to try with the old psu aswell before.

im scared too.

only problem is, the motherboard uses a speach post. but there is no speaker in the case, nor.. on board the motherboard.

i checked my old pc, and it didnt have one. i will have to get one soon for it.

i will try again with the bare system,

only thing that started it all, was one night all worked fine, turned off as normal and then next day, pc wouldnt turn on at all. got a new PSU, and that booted the pc up, but now i get the problem with the post'ing, and displays aswell as the graphics card not spinning down.

the psu never blew up or anything, i just stopped working.
but everything was fine...

i will try and borrow my uncles pc or get another graphics card/memory aswell to test it.
 
Sorry haven't got time to read all of the replies but it sounds like a motherboard problem. Same happened when my type R blew. Motherboard powered up and gave power to everything else but no boot no display etc.
Similar with my friends mobo that broke for no aparent reason last week. No display full fans etc. Got another motherboard to test or a mate to test your ram, graphics etc with?
 
i dont unfortunalty :(

only maybe can test each thing in my uncles pc...

would a motherboard do that, with the graphics card?
no display and fans spinning non stop...

i just took it appart and put only the motherboard,psu,graphics and one memory stick together,.. same thing happend :/

i would rather it be the motherboard than the graphics card :(
even though i cant afford anything at the moment. im in the red in the bank.

not sure what to do... right now

all i hope is i dont loose my work on the harddrives!!!

edit: just phoned me uncle... going to pop round test my graphics card and memory in his, see if they ok. if so... means the motherboard as the psu was brand new and works
 
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i dont unfortunalty :(

only maybe can test each thing in my uncles pc...

would a motherboard do that, with the graphics card?
no display and fans spinning non stop...

i just took it appart and put only the motherboard,psu,graphics and one memory stick together,.. same thing happend :/

i would rather it be the motherboard than the graphics card :(
even though i cant afford anything at the moment. im in the red in the bank.

not sure what to do... right now

all i hope is i dont loose my work on the harddrives!!!

edit: just phoned me uncle... going to pop round test my graphics card and memory in his, see if they ok. if so... means the motherboard as the psu was brand new and works
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Yep same as my mates last week. Got a new motherboard and upgraded to a c2d while he was at it (only £80ish total so...). I had his old cpu and I am using it to type this, nothing wrong with it. So it was definitely the motherboard, even though there seemed to be no actual trigger for it going.
 
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yep your right dude,

popped round my uncles, tested both memory sticks, and graphics card, all worked on his fine,

i dunno why the motherboard went, never had any probs.

im on socket 939, and dont wana upgrade too much yet, as im very broke...
so im going to try and find a replacement motherboard, same model to use in the mean time, try and find a bargin somewhere :/

touch wood... no more problems after i get the motherboard.

i keep you posted ;)

thanks for all the replys, thats why i like these forums :)
 
If i was a betting man i would bet it was the motherboard, I have seen this fault many times, If the board is faulty then it could cause this as it is not POST'ing so not getting far enough to even access the Graphics Bios which i assume is where the speed control is for the GPU heatsink and Fan.
 
thanks, yea i guess your right, didnt think of that.

well... we learn new things everyday. i just hope i remember this one incase of it happening again.

but once you find out these things, it helps a lot.
shame my motherboard had to go too. but im now trying to find the same model to replace it with :)

what would go wrong with the motherboard to do this though?

i mean, i never had any of these problems before with it, why would it just do that... unless it went when the psu went...

would the motherboard stop the psu from working too?
 
Like I say exact same problem as I have had in the past and my mate had last week. His like your just went without warning or aparent trigger.

I wouldn't bother with 939 now mate. Sell your cpu and get a cheap c2d (2140/ 2160) and a Asrock 4coredual. Shouldn't cost more than £90 if not less and in a different league :)
 
yep, think it took my hiper also, if my motherboard and PSU has a manufactors warrenty over 1 year, then i will try get a replacement.

i managed to find my same board, of thebay for £51

it will do for now, im not looking to upgrade for another year or so, untill i can afford it. as i would love to get quad core, and see whats there next year.

but for now, i just want a pc back :/

i so so so hope my work isnt gone, i would cry.

i dont like the look of AM2 stuff, doesnt do it for me, just another way for compaines to make people upgrade, when dont need too.

intel doing well with there core duo's, they look nice, though im waiting for a decent AMD one now, :)

hopefully the new board will work, and i can continue with my pc again :)
 
Hiper are a good make PSU manafacturer and usually with a good PSU it doesnt take out any other componants, I always say that you should never scrimp on the power supply.

Have you maybe thought it could have been a power surge of some sort, You might be able to get a whole new pc if you could go through your household insurance.
 
guess what guys!!!

after just getting another new motherboard, new psu...
tested the graphics card, memory and monitor, in another pc... all working fine...

IT STILL NO DIFFERENT FROM 2 WEEKS AGO!

i have absolutly no idea what is causing the pc not to POST.
display anything, and for the graphics card just to spin like man :(

i really really dont know what to do.
it took me a hour and 45mins to get back together, i slowly took my time to make sure everything was right... and bam SAME PROBLEM!

so... people have said its the PSU, and Motherboard...
yet... Nothing has changed!

i have put myself into the red at the bank, cant afford for a pc tech dude to look at it, so... im stuffed what to do :/

any advice???
before i go top myself...
 
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