Hello, I've got a problem that i hope someone can help me with. My computer was working fine yesterday but today I've got some problems starting up.
I haven't actually done anything to the computer (aside from physically move it to another room, carefully). So no cables were touched or any drives or anything like that.
When I turn the power on, the fans and lights on the motherboard come on, but nothing else does. The drive lights don't come on, the cd drive doesnt open, no drive checks or beeps are done. The hdd light does not turn on either.
I first thought it might be a power problem, so I changed the outlets in the room, and I've even taken another power source from another case. But still the same problem.
I vaguely know what happens while a computer boots up, so going by what I know, I believe it's a CPU problem maybe? Because the power is fine, but the computer just doesnt want to start checking the drives or any of that.
Anyway, I've since checked all connections, and they are all fine, which makes me think there's some damage somewhere. Is that agreed? And if so, can anyone help me determine what would need replacing? I'm hoping just a motherboard would be sufficient as they're fairly cheap compared to CPUs.
Any comments greatly appreciated
I haven't actually done anything to the computer (aside from physically move it to another room, carefully). So no cables were touched or any drives or anything like that.
When I turn the power on, the fans and lights on the motherboard come on, but nothing else does. The drive lights don't come on, the cd drive doesnt open, no drive checks or beeps are done. The hdd light does not turn on either.
I first thought it might be a power problem, so I changed the outlets in the room, and I've even taken another power source from another case. But still the same problem.
I vaguely know what happens while a computer boots up, so going by what I know, I believe it's a CPU problem maybe? Because the power is fine, but the computer just doesnt want to start checking the drives or any of that.
Anyway, I've since checked all connections, and they are all fine, which makes me think there's some damage somewhere. Is that agreed? And if so, can anyone help me determine what would need replacing? I'm hoping just a motherboard would be sufficient as they're fairly cheap compared to CPUs.
Any comments greatly appreciated
). I get the beep code (I checked online) that means that a vid card can't be detected. I also recently put in a new PSU (my old one was trash) and for some reason I don't get beep codes anymore. Is there any way to test if there's a problem, other than putting the vid card into a different comp or buying another card to test.
