HELP system not booting.

[Sam sam]

This my older pc
Nothing happens when I start the PC. only the Keyboard Led come on for a sec and goes back off.. I cant get it to start. Nothing happens whe I press start. the fans dont run. Nothing. only the Keyboard Led come on for a sec and goes back off


System as follows.

Cel 1.7
845GL chipset
256mb ram

what do I do??

Please help me

[Direct1]

Sounds like you need a new PSU...

[Sam sam]

Hi,

Thanks for quick reply.

Its not the PSU. I tried another one. Sample problem.

Here what I have done so far.

Removed the CD Rom, Hard drive. and all the flopply drive.

No luck so far

[chronk]

May be the Video card - swap if you have extra.
I would try modem, and keyboard - anything else swappable if you have parts.
Of course could be Mobo.

Good Luck.

Chronk

[Rugor]

Take a very close look at the motherboard. Are any of the capacitors bulging? It sounds to me as if you have a dead motherboard since the fans aren't even spinning.

I am working on the principle that you are using onboard graphics, since as I recall the 845GL chipset doesn't have an AGP slot.

[Sam sam]

Originally posted by Rugor
Take a very close look at the motherboard. Are any of the capacitors bulging? It sounds to me as if you have a dead motherboard since the fans aren't even spinning.

I am working on the principle that you are using onboard graphics, since as I recall the 845GL chipset doesn't have an AGP slot.

Hi,

Yes I am using the onboard display.
Also using a Lan card.

I tried removing everything. Keyboard, Hard drive..

I am going to look around the board to see if there are any bulging capacitors.
Could this be a broblem with the ATX switch??

I havent tried removing the ram. Should I try this too??

Thanks for all your help

Sam

[chronk]

Could not hurt to remove RAM if it is not too much trouble.

Looking more likely to be motherboard - since you changed the PSU and swapped out all else.

Hardware problems can cause the fan to stop on the PSU.
I believe this is a failsafe built into the PSU.

But RAM causing the PSU to shut down?

[Sam sam]

ok Figured it out. The motherboard is dead.

Will be getting a replacement today.

Thanks all

Sam

[Sam sam]

I got the board replaced. And everything is back the way it should be.
Thanks for the help

Sam