Solve : Confusing Problem?

1.	Solve : Confusing Problem?
Answer» Originally my problem was that I'd turn on the computer, and beyond LED's lighting up and fans spinning nothing would happen. The monitor said no signal. I've since bought a new hard drive and motherboard. I was actually able to install and access windows, but then after installing the cd which came with the motherboard the computer was unable to reaccess windows. It said something along the lines of it couldn't boot off of windows, and I should TRY repairing it with the windows cd. I tried that, but partway through my monitor stopped receiving a signal and went black. After a few more tries it reverted back to the same issue I had in the first place, only LED's and fans do anything at all noticable. I do think the original problem was due to overheating of the old motherboard, so I don't understand why it's doing this again. Sounds like a video issue, are you using on board video or a video card? Try a different video card if it is the case and also check the power supply. GLIt's a video card, and a relatively new one at that. Would I have been able to make it to windows with a broken video card? The comp was running a good 2 hours formatting and installing. Also, it had a problem booting windows before things went bad. Power supply I may check... problem is my only power supply I could check with has been sitting in the attic for two years, and I hurt my wrist pretty bad today and can hardly plug things in. I also got one of those blue screens at one point trying to repair windows.Update: Tried my old video card and nothing happened. Not a video problem. Edit: Tried my old power supply. No difference. All I see are LED's and fans. What would happen if a processor went bad? It wouldn't even POST. Quote from: chard121 on May 21, 2007, 04:48:12 PM Update: Tried my old video card and nothing happened. Not a video problem. Edit: Tried my old power supply. No difference. All I see are LED's and fans. What would happen if a processor went bad? Do you have a different monitor to just RULE that out also? Try the easy things first. Who knows Yeah, I tried a different monitor and there was no difference. It can't post, of course.Well something was certainly wrong with the power supply... It sounded like firecrackers went off then it SMOKED. Hopefully this didn't damage the rest of the computer.We'll keep our fingers crossed... Don't buy a $19.99 special or you will be going down this road again very soon.Quote from: chard121 on May 22, 2007, 01:58:17 PM Well something was certainly wrong with the power supply... It sounded like firecrackers went off then it smoked. Hopefully this didn't damage the rest of the computer. Like Patio said don't get the cheap ONES. Try and get something about 30% more than you actually need. So if you system requires 300 watts get at least a 400 watts PS. If I remember right to figure that out you take Volts x Amps = Watts But from the sound of what you have, a 400 watt may be enough but if you have the extra $$ get a 500 watt it seems to me that having more power for your system they tend to last longer as they are not stressed as much. I hope this cures your problems and didn't cause any problems to the rest of the system. TrapperX Power Supply Calculator...Quote from: patio on May 23, 2007, 04:46:56 PM Power Supply Calculator... Thxs for the link I have never actually used a nice PROGRAM like this one Thxs Patio!No Problem...

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Originally my problem was that I'd turn on the computer, and beyond LED's lighting up and fans spinning nothing would happen. The monitor said no signal. I've since bought a new hard drive and motherboard. I was actually able to install and access windows, but then after installing the cd which came with the motherboard the computer was unable to reaccess windows. It said something along the lines of it couldn't boot off of windows, and I should TRY repairing it with the windows cd. I tried that, but partway through my monitor stopped receiving a signal and went black. After a few more tries it reverted back to the same issue I had in the first place, only LED's and fans do anything at all noticable.

I do think the original problem was due to overheating of the old motherboard, so I don't understand why it's doing this again. Sounds like a video issue, are you using on board video or a video card?
Try a different video card if it is the case and also check the power supply.
GLIt's a video card, and a relatively new one at that. Would I have been able to make it to windows with a broken video card? The comp was running a good 2 hours formatting and installing. Also, it had a problem booting windows before things went bad.
Power supply I may check... problem is my only power supply I could check with has been sitting in the attic for two years, and I hurt my wrist pretty bad today and can hardly plug things in.

I also got one of those blue screens at one point trying to repair windows.Update: Tried my old video card and nothing happened. Not a video problem.
Edit: Tried my old power supply. No difference. All I see are LED's and fans.

What would happen if a processor went bad?
It wouldn't even POST. Quote from: chard121 on May 21, 2007, 04:48:12 PM

Update: Tried my old video card and nothing happened. Not a video problem.
Edit: Tried my old power supply. No difference. All I see are LED's and fans.

What would happen if a processor went bad?

Do you have a different monitor to just RULE that out also?
Try the easy things first. Who knows Yeah, I tried a different monitor and there was no difference.

It can't post, of course.Well something was certainly wrong with the power supply... It sounded like firecrackers went off then it SMOKED. Hopefully this didn't damage the rest of the computer.We'll keep our fingers crossed...

Don't buy a $19.99 special or you will be going down this road again very soon.Quote from: chard121 on May 22, 2007, 01:58:17 PM

Well something was certainly wrong with the power supply... It sounded like firecrackers went off then it smoked. Hopefully this didn't damage the rest of the computer.

Like Patio said don't get the cheap ONES.
Try and get something about 30% more than you actually need.
So if you system requires 300 watts get at least a 400 watts PS.
If I remember right to figure that out you take Volts x Amps = Watts
But from the sound of what you have, a 400 watt may be enough but if you
have the extra $$ get a 500 watt it seems to me that having more power
for your system they tend to last longer as they are not stressed as much.
I hope this cures your problems and didn't cause any problems to the rest of the system.

TrapperX
Power Supply Calculator...Quote from: patio on May 23, 2007, 04:46:56 PM

Power Supply Calculator...

Thxs for the link
I have never actually used a nice PROGRAM like this one

Thxs Patio!No Problem...

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