Help...PC not booting

06blaksi · 11-03-2006, 02:04 PM

Quick run down. My pc will attempt to start, lights near power button and DVD drive light for 2 seconds then shuts down. I have 1 red led light on my motherboard that stays on while the power is supposedly on. I hold the power button for 5 seconds and light goes out. I installed the new DVD drive 1 week ago due to a failed old one. Yesterday it did this 2X in a row then botted normally, ran all day and I shut it down before going to bed. Today, nothing. What do I need to replace to get this back up and running? CPU? Hard Drive? Help!

Thanks

NightKidsGTR · 11-03-2006, 02:11 PM

Check your connections again. Are the fans still moving and the monitor just click off when it "shuts off"? Or does everything stop? If everything stops, it might be your PSU (power supply). There's a lot of IT folks on here so one of them will chime in with a better answer than mine.

**jasonandre** · 11-03-2006, 02:15 PM

There could be a slew of issues. Answer NightKidsGTR's questions and also tell us what name brand/model number.

06blaksi · 11-03-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NightKidsGTR

Check your connections again. Are the fans still moving and the monitor just click off when it "shuts off"? Or does everything stop? If everything stops, it might be your PSU (power supply). There's a lot of IT folks on here so one of them will chime in with a better answer than mine.

I have a Frankenstein model. I'm using an AMD 1.8 with 512MB RAM. G-Force 2 512MB ( I think) 30 GB hard drive (C) as well as a separate 120GB drive (E)
Running Windows XP Home. My monitor stays in sleep mode no matter what. The fans start for 2 seconds at the most. I've checked every power connection from the plug to the wall to the power wire in the floppy drive. I pulled and re-plugged them all in. Even though I have a red led on the motherboard, my lights around the ethernet port do not light up.

Civic4u · 11-03-2006, 03:01 PM

Did you install addition part to the computer? Sometime a incompatible part will shut down the computer. Maybe, you have too much stuffs run from the power supply ( PC power). I have that problems before, so I just remove some PCI card. It work nicely.

There could be many other reason too. Good luck!

06blaksi · 11-03-2006, 03:02 PM

Other than replacing the DVD drive a week ago, nope

**jasonandre** · 11-03-2006, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 06blaksi

I have a Frankenstein model. I'm using an AMD 1.8 with 512MB RAM. G-Force 2 512MB ( I think) 30 GB hard drive (C) as well as a separate 120GB drive (E)
Running Windows XP Home. My monitor stays in sleep mode no matter what. The fans start for 2 seconds at the most. I've checked every power connection from the plug to the wall to the power wire in the floppy drive. I pulled and re-plugged them all in. Even though I have a red led on the motherboard, my lights around the ethernet port do not light up.

The signs are pointing to a faulty component or a bad PSU (power supply). My suggestion is to remove every unneeded internal and external component and card that you can and boot up with the bare minimum. Just boot with your monitor, keyboard, mouse, video card, hard drive...the minimum. Even remove the ethernet card. That will eliminate any of those devices as the problem. If you're not comfortable removing internal cards, then don't. I wouldn't want you to accidentally damage anything. Make sure you ground yourself before toying with the internals of your computer.

If you're still getting a blank screen at boot up, listen and note what sounds you're hearing, such as if the hard drive is making it's normal boot up sounds. If you have an extra hard drive, video card, or power supply that you can substitute to test, then swap each one out individually...one at a time. You're trying to determine which device might be causing the problem, so don't install multiple substitute components at the same time.

I know, it's a tedious process and there's no clear answer right away, but that's pretty much how the technicians do it. You're other option is to bring to a repair shop and spend some cash.

06blaksi · 11-03-2006, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonandre

The signs are pointing to a faulty component or a bad PSU (power supply). My suggestion is to remove every unneeded internal and external component and card that you can and boot up with the bare minimum. Just boot with your monitor, keyboard, mouse, video card, hard drive...the minimum. Even remove the ethernet card. That will eliminate any of those devices as the problem. If you're not comfortable removing internal cards, then don't. I wouldn't want you to accidentally damage anything. Make sure you ground yourself before toying with the internals of your computer.

If you're still getting a blank screen at boot up, listen and note what sounds you're hearing, such as if the hard drive is making it's normal boot up sounds. If you have an extra hard drive, video card, or power supply that you can substitute to test, then swap each one out individually...one at a time. You're trying to determine which device might be causing the problem, so don't install multiple substitute components at the same time.

I know, it's a tedious process and there's no clear answer right away, but that's pretty much how the technicians do it. You're other option is to bring to a repair shop and spend some cash.

Thanks,
I'm thinking power supply since I only have power for a split second or maybe a bad connection still. I'll pull everything one at a time and see what happens.

06blaksi · 11-04-2006, 08:32 AM

Turned out to be the power supply. Also turns out, I had one in the basement...lol

**jasonandre** · 11-04-2006, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 06blaksi

Turned out to be the power supply. Also turns out, I had one in the basement...lol

Awesome. Glad that worked out for you :)

JerrfyLube · 11-04-2006, 01:47 PM

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11-03-2006, 02:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
06blaksi Senior Member Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in teh basement Age: 41 Posts: 49,431 iTrader: 23 / 100%	Help...PC not booting Quick run down. My pc will attempt to start, lights near power button and DVD drive light for 2 seconds then shuts down. I have 1 red led light on my motherboard that stays on while the power is supposedly on. I hold the power button for 5 seconds and light goes out. I installed the new DVD drive 1 week ago due to a failed old one. Yesterday it did this 2X in a row then botted normally, ran all day and I shut it down before going to bed. Today, nothing. What do I need to replace to get this back up and running? CPU? Hard Drive? Help! Thanks

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11-03-2006, 02:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
NightKidsGTR Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 23 Posts: 817 San Jose's First Modified R18 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Check your connections again. Are the fans still moving and the monitor just click off when it "shuts off"? Or does everything stop? If everything stops, it might be your PSU (power supply). There's a lot of IT folks on here so one of them will chime in with a better answer than mine.

11-03-2006, 03:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Civic4u Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 6,667 iTrader: 7 / 100%	Did you install addition part to the computer? Sometime a incompatible part will shut down the computer. Maybe, you have too much stuffs run from the power supply ( PC power). I have that problems before, so I just remove some PCI card. It work nicely. There could be many other reason too. Good luck!

11-03-2006, 03:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
06blaksi Senior Member Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in teh basement Age: 41 Posts: 49,431 iTrader: 23 / 100%	Other than replacing the DVD drive a week ago, nope

11-04-2006, 08:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
06blaksi Senior Member Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in teh basement Age: 41 Posts: 49,431 iTrader: 23 / 100%	Turned out to be the power supply. Also turns out, I had one in the basement...lol

11-04-2006, 01:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
JerrfyLube Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cheyenne, WY Age: 26 Posts: 282 Jeff iTrader: 0 / 0%	Take this: Put it in this: Equals this: Buy this: Equals this: Sorry, i wad bored...