I recently bought a pc and it was working fine until i decided i was going to add a drive i took out all the power things out of all the drives and when i put the casse back on sudenly the pc wouldent work it powers but then there is nothing on the screen or anywhere else i put baCK THE ORIGINAL DRIVE AND TRYED AGAIN but still nothing please help me.
set the jumpers correctly to master slave etc...
whats your systems specs
sounds like uve just knocked something out of its socket - try reseatting everything!
most likely the memory will botch your display like this.
Ground yourself from static.. Take the ram out carefully. Give it the 'magic blow' that you do on games cartridges when they used to exist and got borked. Reseat it.
Try the power again.
Then the next likely candidate is the graphics card. My computer did this the other day After I moved it for a LAN party. its a pain. But if the bootup sounds o.k. the chances are nothing is truely fooked.
thankyou will go and try this now thankyou
ok so i tryed doing this ( taking out ram blowing it) inserting evryfing back in aswell adn neitherof these have done anything new things that i have jus noticed it does the hard drive busy button is constantly on i have left this system for 15 mins and its still on please please help as i need my pc !!!
Tried wiping the bios? Always a good tactic.
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Originally Posted by Blitzen
I got the same symptoms after my overclocking shenanigans last year and learnt my lesson the hard way!
I returned the pc to base under warranty and they replaced the processor and then the motherboard, but in your case wiping the bios should work like OiD said
my advice is to ensure that your ATX connector from the power supply to the motherboard is secure,
Then, check all IDE cables are secure. If your hdd light is permanantly on, try unplugging and replugigng it.
You say that you added a new drive? we talking cd rom drive? floppy? hard drive?
If you are unsure how to wipe your bios as advised earlier, on your motherboard youll see a small battery the size of a 10p piece, simply take it out for at least 15 mins. (With pc off), then put it back in and boot
Err - hdd light continually on - no boot?
Sounds like your IDE cables might plugged in the wrong way roundNot too common nowadays because connectors are more often than not keyed now - but possible.
Try removing all your drive connectors from the motherboard, see if the computer boots. If it does, you can start plugging them in again, and pin down the fault.
Just an idea
Now go away before I taunt you a second time.
right so i have done everything said on this page but itstill wont work i did the bios thingy b=ut that didnt work when i tryed to boot without the battery as i a experiment it did exactly what it normally did is it possible this battery is broken i really dont know what to do please help further nay more suggestions
it wont boot without the battery
yeh but it does exactly the same without the battery then it when the battery is in
without = wont work anyways
with = could be something else giving a similar scenario
change the battery
Last edited by Flash; 26-07-2004 at 03:48 PM.
where could i get one of these batterys
got the pc working now looks like the proccesor was fooked replaced it with a new PIII so thanks for your help
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