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stevey67
04-30-2007, 03:44 PM
Hi everyone, I am having a problem with my computer since it lost power. I was doing some wiring in my basement and I shut the breaker off that feeds my PC and it was running at the time, now it won't even POST. I've tried removing everything and it still won't POST, the fans spin but nothing on the screen. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can narrow this down? My hardware is in my sig. I don't have another system to test any of the components, so I have to find out some other way?

Thanks
jimmyz
04-30-2007, 03:54 PM
buy or borrow a cheap stick of ram that will run at 1.8v. 965 chipset only gives 1.8 volts by default.high end ram needs more than 2v usually and while it will usually boot with lower voltage sometimes it won't.
hstuehmeyer2000
04-30-2007, 03:55 PM
reset the cmos
StealthyFish
04-30-2007, 04:07 PM
reset the cmos

do this first. If that doesn't work, then take the RAm out and start the system. This should narrow it down to only the CPU or motherboard. Make sure you have the motherboard speaker plugged in (if it's not already integrated onto the PCB). If the CPU and motherboard works, then the motherboard will give you a beeping sound, telling you that there's no RAM. If there isn't, I'd suspect the motherboard or CPU has something wrong with it. From there though... you'll need another system to test those two parts out separately.
stevey67
04-30-2007, 04:07 PM
I reset the CMOS and now it keeps trying to boot (fans all start, except for the CPU fan) then it shuts down. It keeps cycling through this now?

edit: I tried this with the ram removed, same thing.
StealthyFish
04-30-2007, 04:40 PM
I reset the CMOS and now it keeps trying to boot (fans all start, except for the CPU fan) then it shuts down. It keeps cycling through this now?

edit: I tried this with the ram removed, same thing.

hmm... is it giving you a beeping sound? It should be very apparent.
stevey67
04-30-2007, 04:47 PM
No, but I don't have a speaker hooked up to the mb.
StealthyFish
04-30-2007, 05:30 PM
Plus up the speaker to the board. Look in the manual for it. Otherwise, the only other way you could check to see what's wrong would be either an error indicator, which I don't think you have on your motherboard (it's the 2 number LED display integrated on some motherboards) or testing every part out one by one...