Hello my friends. A friend just gave me a desktop computer, its pretty old. AMD Athlon 1.25 GHZ, 1 GB RAM, 2 hardrives with 30 GB each, and a radeon 256 mb graphics card (not exactly sure which one). The PC is quite clean, and i managed to reinstall XP and everything was working fine. I was just looking at random stuff online, when the computer just turns off. Like it had been unplugged or something, and now it will not start. When i press the power button, the lights light up, the fans spin, and everything seems to have power. But, it will not show the BIOS or boot up, the screen remains blank. I spent a great deal of time searching the internet for solutions to this problem but nothing worked. I tryed almost every solution that was mentioned online. I reset the CMOS battery, detached the hardrives and other interior components one by one and attempted to start, but im still unable to even get to the BIOS screen. I also held down the power button for 60+ seconds and nothing. I don't think the motherboard is broken, because when i remove the RAM and attempt to start it will beep continuously, which it woulden't do if it was broken. I also tryed rubbing the RAM with a eraser to remove the static electricity, but nothing. I don't think it overheated because i wasen't doing anything CPU intensive, and i also didn't see/smell smoke so i doubt anything is burnt inside. The only thing i can think of now, is take it to a repair store and see what they have to say about it. I could have also missplaced a couple wires while i was rearranging stuff, and im not entirely sure where everything needs to be. I really could use some help, if you can think of anything that might be able to make it start please let me know, this is driving me crazy, thanks.
Well, do you know how i can troubleshoot to see if its that? This is getting really frustrating now, everything i do dousen't work >.<
Try hitting 'F10' or 'DEL' keys when you restart your PC to get into the BIOS. Also, how come you installed Windows XP when the screen is just blank?
... I installed xp before, i was using it, it turned off, and now its blank and i can't get it too turn back on.
Have you tried resetting/clearing the BIOS settings? Most motherboards have a jumper you can move to set it back to factory defaults. Might be worth a try.
Reset the jumper positions .. boot it once .. Turn off PC... swap to original place and reboot. it should work out... it happened once with me. Also try replacing the lithium battery inside it...
@alien; I already did that, I cleaned the RAM with an eraser, I switched it to a different slot, and it still didnt turn on, i don't have another ram module to try but i doubt this ones broken. @nihangshah; i did method 2 already. Whats a jumper? @perfectblue; I'm gonna buy a new battery soon, but i can't seem to find the jumpers on this motherboard. Probably because its pretty old, its a A7N266-VM REV 1.05 :-/ But i took out the battery and left it out for like 30+ mins and still nothing happened. Thanks everyone for the quick replies.
This thread might be of some use. 42 pages relating to issues with the ASUS A7N266-VM. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/1584/
@Kerosene: Lol, i was just reading that page. Theres also this http://www.mikeshardware.com/reviews/review_a7n266-vm/review_a7n266-vm_review.html Apparently i need to change the jumper settings but i have no idea how to do that. Damn.
@timbonitus:I only had a quick read of the thread, and apparently that motherboard doesn't have a BIOS reset jumper. Maybe it's time to admit defeat. It's a pretty old motherboard after all. ---------- A sweater, jumper, pullover, sweatshirt, jersey or guernsey is a garment intended to cover the torso and arms. They are often worn over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top also... In electronics and particularly computing, a jumper is a short length of conductor used to close a break in or bypass part of an electrical circuit. Jumpers are typically used to set up or adjust printed circuit boards, such as the motherboards of computers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumper_(computing) FFS
Might be worth changing the CPU/DRAM jumpers to the lowest speed (100/100). The full manual is here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10484985/ASUS-A7N266VM---User-Guide-Manual Good luck
... This is really confusing. But if the jumper settings are not configured properly already, why was i able to install xp? Is it really necessary to change the settings? It looks quite complicated. I can't even get a grip on the jumpers to remove them. Damn. New update: I removed my graphics card and attempted a boot, the fan was spinning at reduced speed for like 5 seconds and than it sped up (CPU fan) Still nothing on the monitor. Gosh, I'm just gonna have to by a new MOBO.