Power to pc but nothing else

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I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return

when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard

drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.

I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

power up each time but I just get the same thing.



I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

out of ideas.
 
"Ron" wrote in message

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> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

> and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return

> when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

> on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

> pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

> dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard

> drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

> also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.

> I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

> including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

> power up each time but I just get the same thing.

>

> I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

> with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

> out of ideas.



Everything you report points towards a hardware issue. You do not even

mention the word "Windows". The experts in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware might be best qualified to provide

advice.
 
Ron wrote:

> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

> and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return

> when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

> on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

> pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

> dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard

> drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

> also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.

> I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

> including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

> power up each time but I just get the same thing.

>

> I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

> with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

> out of ideas.



Is there any evidence elsewhere in the house of there having been an

electrical problem, e.g., clocks not at the right time, appliances

needing to be reset, etc.?



--

Lem



Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
"Ron" wrote in message

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>



In your place I would take the RAM chips to a PC shop

that can test them reliably. A single bad RAM unit can

have effects like this.

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)
 
sounds like a difficult

issue to figure out.



what I first try is to

boot into the bios

and ensure that the

time and devices are

are recognized.



if the bios time is incorrect,

and the device settings are

blanked out, then it is likely

the cmos battery went bad.



if however, your bios

settings are ok and still

can't get the system to

boot via the hard drive,



then you will likely have

to boot with a xp cd and

bypass the hard drive.



(to do the above you may

need to re enter the bios

and change the primary

boot device to cd)



then at the xp setup screen

launch the repair/recovery

console and see if you get

to a disk prompt.



if so, then I would run a



fixmbr

chkdsk /r

fixboot



then exit, remove cd

and try to boot via hard

drives.





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"Ron" wrote in message

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> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

> and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return

> when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

> on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

> pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

> dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard

> drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

> also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.

> I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

> including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

> power up each time but I just get the same thing.

>

> I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

> with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

> out of ideas.
 
Power to pc but nothing else

On 16 May, 22:34, Ron wrote:

> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

> and also switched of the power at the mains  as well. On my return

> when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

> on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

> pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

> dvd/cd drives light up but it  does nothing else. No beep, no hard

> drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

> also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains  on off switch..

> I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

> including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

> power up each time but I just get the same thing.

>

> I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

> with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

> out of ideas.



Forgot to mention

I am running Windows XP pro on a 7 year old, home built pc with 2mb

ram.

Recently tried Windows 7 but did not like it and reformatted and

reinstalled XP.
 
Power to pc but nothing else

On 16 May, 23:07, "Db" wrote:

> sounds like a difficult

> issue to figure out.

>

> what I first try is to

> boot into the bios

> and ensure that the

> time and devices are

> are recognized.

>

Can't get this far a there is no activity at all other than the power

supply.

No signal to the monitor.
 
Power to pc but nothing else

hmm?



it is likely that the monitor

and hard disks would

function on a different

system.



so it sounds to me that

your bios is not detecting

your hardware.



seemingly you should

be able to hold down

either the del key or

f2 key immediately after

pressing the power button

on in order to load up the

bios setup page



but if you can't even get into

the bios then perhaps

the power supply is the

problem





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>> --

>> db·´¯`·...¸>

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>> - Systems Analyst

>> - Database Developer

>> - Accountancy

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>> - nntp Postologist

>> ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen

>>

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





"Ron" wrote in message

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> On 16 May, 23:07, "Db" wrote:

>> sounds like a difficult

>> issue to figure out.

>>

>> what I first try is to

>> boot into the bios

>> and ensure that the

>> time and devices are

>> are recognized.

>>

> Can't get this far a there is no activity at all other than the power

> supply.

> No signal to the monitor.
 
In news:eRA0sIU9KHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,

Lem typed:

> Ron wrote:

>> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in

>> the usual way and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my

>> return when I switched it back on, it

>> starts up as soon as I turn the mains on at the wall

>> socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power pack,

>> cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up,

>> the dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No

>> beep, no hard drives, no signal to the monitor, no

>> response from the power button. I also cant shut it down

>> at all other than by the mains on off switch. I have

>> removed every lead and plugin component from the

>> motherboard, including the bios battery, and one by one

>> reconnected each trying to power up each time but I just

>> get the same thing. I seem to be getting power to the motherboard

>> Gigabyte

>> GA-81PE1000 with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the

>> board run but I am now out of ideas.

>

> Is there any evidence elsewhere in the house of there

> having been an electrical problem, e.g., clocks not at the

> right time, appliances needing to be reset, etc.?



Or you left the modem plugged into the phone line and had lightning storms

while you were away? Phone lines are the usual method of surges and spikes

that can cause damage.

But the advice to check with the hardware group was good; that's really

where you need to go. They'll know to ask you if the mobo LED, PSU LED, etc.

are lit, what color they are and all that good stuff. I'm going to guess

you either have something shorted killing a power rail or a missing voltage

from the power supply. But try the other group for better considerations.



HTH,



Twayne`
 
>"Ron" wrote in message news:4b2d9c2a-88aa-4b88-b3eb->203572a09dec@q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com....

>I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way

>and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return

>when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains

>on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power

>pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the

>dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard

>drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I

>also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.

>I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,

>including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to

>power up each time but I just get the same thing.

>I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000

>with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now

>out of ideas.



Try removing and reseating the memory modules. Also, you might test or

simply replace the power supply. If neither of these help, check the mother-

board manual for "BIOS Rescue".



Ben
 
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