No Bios showing. Montier Not Working. Motherboard Lights red?

[ahhhron]

AMD 64bit dual core 2.01ghz each

1gb corsair ram, 512 x 2

Sapphire ATi Crossfire xpress 3200 A9RD580ADV

160gb Hatchi Sata HDD (sp?)

Nvidia 7600gs PCi-E, SLi Ready, 256mb

I've plugged everything in, and i'm quite sure it's all been plugged in correctly.

On the motherboard is 3 little lights. Saying:

HDD LED
+5VSB LED
+5VB

The top 2 lights are red, and the bottom light is green. I'm guessing that is symbolising that i have a problem.

When i turn on the computer, my moniter stays on stand by. All the fan's and lights show up, even the LED's on the fans, but i get no action from my moniter.

shouldn't i see the bois information?

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on to my dvd drive. i've plugged it in, with the 4 pin power bit, and an IDE cable which goes into my primary IDE slot.

I get power, but when i press the "eject" button nada happens. When i take OUT the ide cable, the disc tray does actually eject.

i've stuck in an old CD drive and it does the exact same. any reason why?

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I got this PC off a friend for free. He said it was all working before hand and so on.

The graphics card AND HDD are brand spanking new and have never been used.

 

[raybay]

Primary suspect is the power supply. The +5VSB should be green. You should either trade out that power supply with another for a test, or obtain a power supply tester. They cost $10 to $25 depending on where you get them. CompUSA has them for $12. Www.directron.com, www.tigerdirect.com and others have them for $15. www.newegg.com has several from $8.99 to $26.99.
But it would be more efficient to just buy and install a new one of at least 400 watts or more for $40 to $65. Antec and Sparkle are good brands. There are 87 brands available... just avoid cheap.
You can also obtain a PCI board post tester for $15 that will test all functions on your board and boot up.
Other power supply clues. From a cold boot, watching with a flashlight or bright light from the back, does the power supply fan turn 1/2 turn or less, then quit?
It could also be a CPU fan.
If you replace the power supply, replace the cpu fan as well, as they are only $12 to $18 for average brands.
These same symptoms will present from a bad memory module, bad video graphics card, bad power switch, bad cable, or a cable socket that has fallen loose from a board pin.
The problem is that troubleshooting takes a long time. But you will learn a lot. and will be even more adept at making repairs next time.

 

[ahhhron]

All the fan's turn.

also may i state that i live in england, and have like £0 to spend. =/.

 

[raybay]

Sorry, but don't take into account your budget. Nobody I know has money to repair their computer.
Although the +5VSB light is red, which is indicative of a power supply issue, it could be other hardware problem... most likely a graphics card or memory. Still you would benefit from testing the power supply first.
Is there a difference when you attempt to boot to Safe Mode, repeatedly pressing the F8 key?
Is there a way to borrow a memory module, or try your memory in another machine? Same with graphics card.
Do you have a floppy drive, so you can boot to a floppy boot disk with the hard drive disconnected?

 

[ahhhron]

Hmm, i have no where to test out the graphics card.

maybe i should try some ram in the other slots.

also, the HDD is brand new, so theres no windows on it. So i assume i couldn't even go into safe mode.

once my parents are out, ill steal my brothers PSU and try that out.

 

[ahhhron]

okay, so i just stuck in my brothers old PSU.

I put in the 24pins (is it 24 pins?) power bit, and also i put in a 4 pin into my HDD to power that.

i got nothing what so ever. the exact same.