Solve : Custom built PC - Help?

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Answer» So a month ago i built a new PC and it worked fine. I then moved houses, ~1000kms away, and had a removalist send all my stuff to the new place (it was bubble wrapped/packed up tight). After 2-3 days i ended up plugging in my computer yet it didnt work. For some reason it does not pick up any monitor, every monitor i plug in it just says 'no signal'. The monitor is fine because i TRIED it on my laptop and it worked. I unplugged the graphics card, and tried the monitor with onboard graphics, and still 'no signal'. There is no beeping what so ever. I then unplugged everything except motherboard, cpu and RAM and it still said no signal (no hdds etc). I then decided to replace the RAM with some faulty RAM to see if it would beep like it usually would. But for some reason it doesnt even pick up the faulty RAM? Is the POST test not completing? Due to being new in this AREA, i do not have any other computers that i can test my hardware in. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, ps. if you need any more info just ask .Are the FANS running when you hit the power button?Yeap, all fans are running.It really sounds like a CPU issue to me-when i try booting without a CPU INSTALLED there is no response at all. When the computer was moved, the heatsink could have pulled on the CPU due to over-sticky thermal paste and caused damage...You could remove the motherboard and inspect carefully all over the board for displaced components, cracks or chipping. A good strong light and a magnifying glass might be helpful. Also inspect the PC case and packing materials for evidence of rough handling, moisture ingress, etc. Quote from: Transfusion on September 18, 2011, 04:29:46 AM It really sounds like a CPU issue to me-when i try booting without a CPU installed there is no response at all. That's a bit like finding a dead person and saying "This guy must have had a heart attack because when my uncle had a heart attack he went all cold and lifeless just like this." Ok, will do as above tomorrow! Thank you for the replies =]Quote from: Salmon Trout on September 18, 2011, 04:33:11 AM That's a bit like finding a dead person and saying "This guy must have had a heart attack because when my uncle had a heart attack he went all cold and lifeless just like this." Well, I reasoned that if the CPU was up and working there would at least be some beeps.Quote from: Transfusion on September 18, 2011, 04:38:30 AM Well, I reasoned that if the CPU was up and working there would at least be some beeps. Not if the motherboard is damaged in about a zillion different possible ways. There is no damage to the motherboard, or CPU. EDIT: so i took out the CPU and tried to BOOT...it did the same thing, no beeps or anything.Can you put the CPU into another computer and see if it works? I'm afraid that's the only way you'll be able to rule out the CPU. If possible please do the same with the other parts...Ok after removing/doing a little clean then reinserting the CPU it now boots and does 1 beep. It always did the 1 beep when it worked, after a few seconds of turning it on, it would beep once then the screen would load. It also now recognises peripherals such as my mouse, as it lights up unlike before. But still no signal =/ EDIT: IT WORKS! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Thank you so much guys =]]]

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So a month ago i built a new PC and it worked fine. I then moved houses, ~1000kms away, and had a removalist send all my stuff to the new place (it was bubble wrapped/packed up tight). After 2-3 days i ended up plugging in my computer yet it didnt work. For some reason it does not pick up any monitor, every monitor i plug in it just says 'no signal'. The monitor is fine because i TRIED it on my laptop and it worked. I unplugged the graphics card, and tried the monitor with onboard graphics, and still 'no signal'. There is no beeping what so ever. I then unplugged everything except motherboard, cpu and RAM and it still said no signal (no hdds etc). I then decided to replace the RAM with some faulty RAM to see if it would beep like it usually would. But for some reason it doesnt even pick up the faulty RAM? Is the POST test not completing? Due to being new in this AREA, i do not have any other computers that i can test my hardware in. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
ps. if you need any more info just ask .Are the FANS running when you hit the power button?Yeap, all fans are running.It really sounds like a CPU issue to me-when i try booting without a CPU INSTALLED there is no response at all.

When the computer was moved, the heatsink could have pulled on the CPU due to over-sticky thermal paste and caused damage...You could remove the motherboard and inspect carefully all over the board for displaced components, cracks or chipping. A good strong light and a magnifying glass might be helpful. Also inspect the PC case and packing materials for evidence of rough handling, moisture ingress, etc.

Quote from: Transfusion on September 18, 2011, 04:29:46 AM

It really sounds like a CPU issue to me-when i try booting without a CPU installed there is no response at all.

That's a bit like finding a dead person and saying "This guy must have had a heart attack because when my uncle had a heart attack he went all cold and lifeless just like this."
Ok, will do as above tomorrow! Thank you for the replies =]Quote from: Salmon Trout on September 18, 2011, 04:33:11 AM

That's a bit like finding a dead person and saying "This guy must have had a heart attack because when my uncle had a heart attack he went all cold and lifeless just like this."

Well, I reasoned that if the CPU was up and working there would at least be some beeps.Quote from: Transfusion on September 18, 2011, 04:38:30 AM

Well, I reasoned that if the CPU was up and working there would at least be some beeps.

Not if the motherboard is damaged in about a zillion different possible ways.
There is no damage to the motherboard, or CPU.
EDIT: so i took out the CPU and tried to BOOT...it did the same thing, no beeps or anything.Can you put the CPU into another computer and see if it works? I'm afraid that's the only way you'll be able to rule out the CPU. If possible please do the same with the other parts...Ok after removing/doing a little clean then reinserting the CPU it now boots and does 1 beep. It always did the 1 beep when it worked, after a few seconds of turning it on, it would beep once then the screen would load. It also now recognises peripherals such as my mouse, as it lights up unlike before. But still no signal =/

EDIT: IT WORKS! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Thank you so much guys =]]]

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