PC slid off rear seat of car now won't boot.

Master Skooter · 16 Mar 2007 at 08:55

Took my daughters PC to work to reinstall the OS. Everything tickety-boo.

On the way home I had to brake a bit harder than i usually would after somebody pulls out, and the PC slid off of the rear seat onto the floor.

The CPU cooler came off, but when i got home i reattached it & checked that everything was seated correctly.

However now when you power it on it displays BIOS stright away & won't boot into the OS. As soon as you exit BIOS the machine shuts down. I've tried using default settings & even removed the battery to clear the CMOS but still the same.

I've removed all devices bar the HDD, G.card & 1 stick of RAM but still the same.

I take it that something's probably borked? Maybe the mobo? If it was the HDD it would still show the POST & it doesn't.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Scott

mp260767 · 16 Mar 2007 at 09:04

take it the cooler coming off didnt cause any damage to the mobo ?

it depends how hard the knock from the fall was on the hd, fair chance its totally u/s imho.

Master Skooter · 16 Mar 2007 at 09:18

Just unplugged the HDD, tried a boot & it now POST's.

I'm gonna try another HDD, but looks like it's that.

Master Skooter · 16 Mar 2007 at 09:57

Tried another HDD still wouldn't boot.

Reset the CMOS & it boot.

Put the old drive it, started to boot Windows then turned off.

Now i am confused :confused:

Another odd thing is when it does shut itself down, it won't power on again until you kill the mains & then it's fine.

Just tried again & it's shut down halfway through booting Windows.

Maybe the HDD's not completed dead but damaged by the knock? Can't think of what else it might be?

[EDIT: Just tried a third HDD & it also reboots or shuts down after the POST. Starting to think mobo or CPU now

Magic Man · 16 Mar 2007 at 12:29

Clunk click every trip...
...sorry, couldn't resist.

Gunda · 16 Mar 2007 at 12:39

do you have a spare pwoersupply to try? it may be that the power supply is partialy borked, still supplying enough juice for bios but not anything more...

mp260767 · 16 Mar 2007 at 12:52

have u had a good close look at the mobo no capacitors etc knocked by the cooler coming off.

kmistry · 16 Mar 2007 at 12:57

yeah I would say try another PSU if you can, else as mentioned check the capacitors etc are all ok, something must have been knocked off considering the fan came off

Master Skooter · 16 Mar 2007 at 13:18

Thanks for the suggestions....but i've manage to fix it

Took the CPU cooler off & whipped the CPU out to check the pins & condition of the core etc. Reseated it all & it's been fine since. Maybe something wasn't quite seated properly when the cooler decided to abadon ship.

Happy bunny now, cheers anyway

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