PC won't fire up!!

[Donny John]

System: NF7-S with barton Athlon, Antec PSU, Maxtor HDD.

Has my venerable nforce gaming rig of yesteryear finally given up the ghost?

The red light on the motherboard is lit, indicating it is recieving power, but it refuses to fire up! Here's what I have tried so far:

Yes, I have tried a different PSU

Yes, I have reset the bios (and replaced the battery)

Yes, I have carefully cleaned all the dust from every nook and cranny

Yes, I have disconnected every non essential component

Yes, I have used harsh language

Does anyone have any brilliant ideas? I'm thinking the motherboard has finally baked out, but if you know different please post here...

Donny John

[Millenwagon]

could the hard drive have failed?

[jetfire]

the mobo has gone, had a few nf7s mobos and all went out in the same way.

was fine the night before and the next day DOA.

[Donny John]

could the hard drive have failed?

Nop, it would still attempt to boot and report a fail. Let me define 'not firing up' sorry; when the 'power on' button is depressed nothing happens. I have tried bypassing the switch and that didn't work either!

It's as if the PSU had failed, but I have tried a different one so can rule that out.

[BEANFro Elite]

Have you tried reseating the motherboard and/or cpu.

Put the card o-rings before securing the motherboard onto the brass standoffs?

Have you plugged in all plugs associated with the CPU - ie the additional 4, 6 or 8 pin plug, not sure if its on the old Socket A motherboards.

[Korky]

I would say mobo dead too... one of the greats aswell.. what a shame.

[ehhhhhhh]

how did you manage to use this system for such a long time?

no offence, but I wonder what can you do with it nowadays?

I've used a 3ghz pentium 4 some time ago and it made me so angry with it's slowness I've almost attacked it with a hammer

[Millenwagon]

ahh fair enough, i'd definitely say the motherboard has packed in. Wouldn't imagine the cpu to have gone?

[Donny John]

how did you manage to use this system for such a long time?

no offence, but I wonder what can you do with it nowadays?

I've used a 3ghz pentium 4 some time ago and it made me so angry with it's slowness I've almost attacked it with a hammer

That is a very good question.

Hundreds of years ago (2004) we had a thread going to build a capable gaming rig for minimal outlay. This was a huge thread and ran for weeks if not months. Folllowing that thread, many of us followed Agent's advice and went for the NF7-S solution.

7 years later I have a dead gaming rig, I only play Warcraft and despite the new 'Cata' expansion I was still getting nearly 40 fps. 7 years of gaming from a budget rig, what sort of recommendation was that Agent?

Somebody sack him lol

But seriously /cry it finally died

TY all for your answers,

Donny John

[phoenix198]

Have you tried my patented 'hammer, fine adjusting'?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

That is a very good question.

Hundreds of years ago (2004) we had a thread going to build a capable gaming rig for minimal outlay. This was a huge thread and ran for weeks if not months. Folllowing that thread, many of us followed Agent's advice and went for the NF7-S solution.

7 years later I have a dead gaming rig, I only play Warcraft and despite the new 'Cata' expansion I was still getting nearly 40 fps. 7 years of gaming from a budget rig, what sort of recommendation was that Agent?

Somebody sack him lol

But seriously /cry it finally died

TY all for your answers,

Donny John

A new replacement should not cost too much even now:

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...ers-guide.html

If you are only playing WoW the build can be even cheaper!

[Donny John]

Good news everyone! I managed to get it to fire up!

I gave the case a good kicking and tried one last time the power on button before I strip it and landfill, I couldn't believe it was actually powering up, thought I was seeing things!

I have no idea what happened, but I AM NEVER switching it off again haha!! I have disconnected the on/off button, so nobody can thoughtfully turn it off for me :-)

I'm taking this as a warning of impending doom tho, so will be starting the process of sourcing components for a new build. Time to start a 'build me a gaming rig for £100' thread teehee!

Thank you all once again for your helpful comments.

[/b/ Agent is our hero, Agent is our hero..........

Donny John.

[phoenix198]

Good news everyone! I managed to get it to fire up!

I gave the case a good kicking and tried one last time the power on button before I strip it and landfill, I couldn't believe it was actually powering up, thought I was seeing things!

Donny John.

Ah, the low-tech, cheaper version of 'hammer, fine adjusting'

Glad to hear it turned out well

[Millenwagon]

ahh that brings back some memories of the last computer i gave a good kicking... it died on me instantly and completely, though, i kicked it very hard. It was a sad day, and i am a computer murdurer.

[phoenix198]

Been there, but in my case I'm pleading manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to temporary insanity ...

Well, I was pretty mad at it - enough to give it a helping hand (foot) down the stairs, anyway.

'tis the only time I haven't been able to salvage something from the wreckage.