28 Aug 2009 at 20:56 #21 stokecity_m stokecity_m Associate OP Joined 31 Mar 2009 Posts 2,269 Location Stoke-on-trent ok re-seated the cpu - still nothing
28 Aug 2009 at 22:57 #22 Delvis Delvis Caporegime Joined 7 Nov 2004 Posts 30,197 Location Buckinghamshire No speaker you can attach externally? From a chassis or anything? Spare RAM is presumably a no no? Spare PSU to try?
No speaker you can attach externally? From a chassis or anything? Spare RAM is presumably a no no? Spare PSU to try?
28 Aug 2009 at 22:59 #23 stokecity_m stokecity_m Associate OP Joined 31 Mar 2009 Posts 2,269 Location Stoke-on-trent psu is good - tried it in another machine. same for the ram. really got me baffled this one.
29 Aug 2009 at 14:05 #24 Delvis Delvis Caporegime Joined 7 Nov 2004 Posts 30,197 Location Buckinghamshire Could be a CPU or motherboard problem then....No way you can try the CPU anywhere else? Or a working CPU in the board? And presumably you don't have a speaker you can attach?
Could be a CPU or motherboard problem then....No way you can try the CPU anywhere else? Or a working CPU in the board? And presumably you don't have a speaker you can attach?
29 Aug 2009 at 14:25 #25 dustofnations dustofnations Associate Joined 19 Dec 2008 Posts 663 stokecity_m, do the fans even spin when you try to power it up?
29 Aug 2009 at 18:43 #26 stokecity_m stokecity_m Associate OP Joined 31 Mar 2009 Posts 2,269 Location Stoke-on-trent yeah fans spin. when the hard drive etc are in the all power up.
30 Aug 2009 at 10:56 #27 Delvis Delvis Caporegime Joined 7 Nov 2004 Posts 30,197 Location Buckinghamshire Try and keep everything to minimum rather than attaching hard drive / cd-roms etc.