Yrag.....IPlural...... Anyone!!! I need computer help

Sunday, February 15, 2004 by BoXXi | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

HI Guys...... here's the story..... I just got my spare computer back from a friends house....I loaned it to him for a while.... It's apparently been working o.k., but when I got it home this is what happened: connected everything up ....no problems.... but when I turn it on, there is a little bit of disk activity, but then nothing....the monitor doesn't even come out of standby and NOTHING appears on the screen. Anybody have any idea why it isn't even attempting to boot? its a PII 233Mhz with 320mb ram matrox video card and a 3.2GB hard drive.

If any one has any ideas I would be grateful......Thank you.

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Stumpy
Reply #1 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:10 PM
Sounds like either the video card is knackered or there's nothing on the hard drive



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yrag
Reply #2 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:10 PM
Unplug it from the wall and re-seat your memory.



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BoXXi
Reply #3 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:15 PM

Cheers Gary....will try that.......

sheesh stumpy I hope not!!!!!!!

BoXXi
Reply #4 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:21 PM
No change Gary...... any other ideas?
yrag
Reply #5 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:23 PM
How many sticks of memory are in there?



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Stumpy
Reply #6 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:24 PM
See if you can bootup with a CD or disk, then check the hard drive




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BoXXi
Reply #7 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:24 PM

3......    2@128mb and one at 64mb

 

kongit
Reply #8 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:25 PM
my suggestion is to download a bootable cd like knoppix, put it in the cd drive and see if it will boot.

you might have lost your hard drive or your monitor. try plugging in another monitor if you have one.
BoXXi
Reply #9 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:27 PM
tried the monitor from this system..... no joy
yrag
Reply #10 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:28 PM
OK, Bryan...take all out and insert one stick at a time and see if it will boot until we find the bad one.



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yrag
Reply #11 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:30 PM
#9 by BoXXi - 2/15/2004 2:27:08 PM tried the monitor from this system..... no joy


Uh-oh.......you don't have a re-set button on that monitor by chance, do you?



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BoXXi
Reply #12 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:30 PM

ok gary ......will do..... thanks.....

 

BoXXi
Reply #13 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:31 PM

can't see a reset button.....where would it be?

 

yrag
Reply #14 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:34 PM
Should be a little 'door' on the back of the monitor....contains the fuse and sometimes a reset button. Also you can check the plug and make sure no pins were bent or broken off in all that moving.



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BoXXi
Reply #15 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:35 PM
ok...will check that too......
Styl-X Design
Reply #16 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:37 PM
BoXXi, same stuff hapend to me 2 days ago. My processor was broken...
BoXXi
Reply #17 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:40 PM
no reset buttons....and no joy inserting ram sticks one at a time......any more suggestions......Please?
Styl-X Design
Reply #18 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:41 PM
processor??
BoXXi
Reply #19 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:41 PM
Yikes styl! knowing my luck that's probably it!!
Styl-X Design
Reply #20 Sunday, February 15, 2004 2:44 PM
had exactly the same things you just named.
you said it was your spare pc right? you could try putting in the video card from your first pc into the second one. (I tried that too) didn't got anything so I kinda knew what was the problem. but I am no expert so try to check it out first.

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