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after a turning on the machine, nothing comes up to the screen, no code beeps
Good morning, After I turned on the desktop, nothing appeared in the screen, I did not see the BIOS, no code beeps, i could hear the Hard Drive Spinning, What could be the Problem? there are lights in front of the desktop, red and green are both lit. Thank you very much in advance.
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Monitor light is on, the cables are tightly plugged in.. I even Unplugged the video card from th eslot and plugged in and it still had the same result..
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should it have code beeps if there was a problem with the video card? Could it be the Mother Board?
Since you are not hearing anything, i'd suspect a power supply problem first. You may have a motherboard issue, but that's rare on modern systems. Since you're not seeing any video whatsoever, though - the video card itself may have failed. That would explain why you see lights, but nothing else. ... so... i'd be looking closer at the video card.
Jim
Jim
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I hear the Hard Drive Reading, could it be the Video Card even though there is no beed code?
It can be anything - here is what i would do in your case :
-disconnect as much as you can, and boot with the minimum :
mobo + cpu + 1 ram stick, 1 harddisk, video card, keyb and mouse. --> if still no image, the bad guy is one of them; try with other ram, or another video card.
This leaves you (if still no screen) with mobo, or cpu as bad guys
The prime suspect however is still the power supply, so, if possible , test with another one too
-disconnect as much as you can, and boot with the minimum :
mobo + cpu + 1 ram stick, 1 harddisk, video card, keyb and mouse. --> if still no image, the bad guy is one of them; try with other ram, or another video card.
This leaves you (if still no screen) with mobo, or cpu as bad guys
The prime suspect however is still the power supply, so, if possible , test with another one too
try resetting your cmos by following your manual to reset the cmos by using the jumper on your mobo
try removing the battery for awhile or replace the cmos battery
try removing the battery for awhile or replace the cmos battery
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I installed a new video card, nothing changed, then installed new power supply, nothing changed too..
>> mobo + cpu + 1 ram stick, 1 harddisk, video card, keyb and mouse. --> if still no image, the bad guy is one of them << then you have a bad mobo or cpu
did you reset the cmos using the jumper or removing the battery?
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Not yet. where do I reset the Cmos?
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Resetting the CMOS resolved the Problem Friair Tuk, then I had to format the hard drive because of corrupted boot file. thank you very much.
that's great! i had that problem before too, although my drive was ok.
fyi, the corrupted boot file might have been fixed by doing a Repair on the o/s, hopefully you didn't lose too much.
fyi, the corrupted boot file might have been fixed by doing a Repair on the o/s, hopefully you didn't lose too much.
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thanks a lot again
check to see if the video cable came loose or is damaged. If these are both o.k., check to see if the video card was bumped (cable bumped and card dislogdged).
Jim