Problem - PC powers on but nothing happens - help please!

Havana_UK · 8 May 2007 at 21:12

Hey all,

I disconnected my PC last night and moved it to a different room.

Whilst it was disconnected I had the side off an hoovered up the worst of the dust - I'm concerned that in doing so I may have damaged something.

I reconnected the PC a few moments ago, but when I switch it on nothing happens.

Power lights come on, HDD activity light flickers but then stops, fans spin up (case fans, CPU fan, GFX card fans) but then nothing.

Monitor stays in standby, no error beeps, no seeking noises from the HDD. Nothing.

I've removed every component, one by one, until I have only the CPU in now, but still the same thing happens.

PC specifications are as per my sig (AMD X2 4400+, ASUS A8N SLi, 2GB Corsair RAM, 2 x 7800GTX in SLi).

Can anyone shed any light on the possible problem please?

Hav

ANDARIAL · 8 May 2007 at 21:20

you `hoovered` as in used a household Hoover inside your case,touching components :eek:

ever heard of static electricity?
sounds like you have fried either the mobo or cpu(possibly both)if that is all you have connectedadd a stick of ram
try reseting the bios and pray

Havana_UK · 8 May 2007 at 21:32

ANDARIAL said:
you `hoovered` as in used a household Hoover inside your case,touching components
ever heard of static electricity?
sounds like you have fried either the mobo or cpu(possibly both)if that is all you have connectedadd a stick of ram
try reseting the bios and pray

Yes - I know, silly thing to do...

I'll try a BIOS reset and see what happens.

Hav

Firegod · 8 May 2007 at 21:32

ANDARIAL said:
try reseting the bios and pray

singularity · 8 May 2007 at 21:53

Make sure the monitor and graphics cards connections are ok, very likely to be something you changed when you moved it the hoover will likely have nothing to do with it and dont pannick its fine!!

Havana_UK · 9 May 2007 at 08:43

singularity said:
Make sure the monitor and graphics cards connections are ok, very likely to be something you changed when you moved it the hoover will likely have nothing to do with it and dont pannick its fine!!

Checked, double checked, and checked again I'm afraid - fairly sure I've done something fairly major.

Ho hum, these things happen when you're rushing.

Took all the components out of the case last night and decided to call it a day after that.

Will clean up the CPU and reapply AS5 & reseat Heatsink before trying a BIOS reset and rebuild tonight or tomorrow.

Hav

Firegod · 9 May 2007 at 08:46

Aye try rebuilding it from scratch. You never know.

Try resetting the CMOS as well, remove the battery also. Then try rebuilding it all but with just the minimal components, see if she starts up. Fingers crossed!

Havana_UK · 10 May 2007 at 18:34

Well, a BIOS reset brought no joy.

Time to start testing the components one at a time in my other machine, see what works and what doesn't.

I'm now crossing my fingers hoping everything except the Motherboard is fine.

Hav