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Thread ID: 90412	2008-06-02 06:50:00	Desktop Computer dead	vk_dre (195)	Press F1

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674948	2008-06-02 06:50:00	Today just isn't my day, after uncompressing a mammoth video file (that my brother recorded at a family function) my computer froze. Now, seeing as it froze, I decided to do the right thing (in my opinion) and restart the computer. Done. Computer no longer boots, BUT, the hdd light flashes up, the fans start spinning, but nothing, even the usb ports aren't receiving any power. Nothing shows up on screen, have tried 3 different LCD's so the graphics card isn't outputting anything, which leads me to believe that the motherboard is going to bite the bullet real soon (or it already has) or that something else has gone amiss. I really need to get this desktop comp up and running as I've spent a lot of money and time over the years customizing it, any ideas on what I could do to ascertain exactly what has happened? If I can find out exactly what has happened I'm sure I'd be able to go about my way rectifying the issue, so anyone have any ideas on what could be the issue? No bios, no ram check, no nothing. Just the sound of a cpu fan whirring away and a blank screen.	vk_dre (195)
674949	2008-06-02 07:02:00	First thing I would check would be the mobo, to see if anything has fried or burned out like capacitors	Speedy Gonzales (78)
674950	2008-06-02 07:25:00	Is sit a graphics card or onboard graphics, it's just going to be a process of elimination unfortunately	gary67 (56)
674951	2008-06-02 08:07:00	First thing I would check would be the mobo, to see if anything has fried or burned out like capacitors I've never really played around with the motherboard itself, so in all honestly I'm not sure how I should approach this; Speedy, how should I check the motherboard? Like totally remove all the PCI cards and connections etc? And examine for any of the things you mentioned? Is sit a graphics card or onboard graphics, it's just going to be a process of elimination unfortunately I've got an AGP GeForce 4 Ti installed, should I disconnect this card?And then try reboot? So as mentioned above, am I going to have to remove all components from the motherboard (except perhaps the RAM) and then soft start the computer to see if it gives any errors? If its not the motherboard what else could it be? Can this kind of problem be caused by the RAM modules shorting? or other things shorting? Cheers for the prompt help so far guys. Really Appreciate it. Cheers, V.K	vk_dre (195)
674952	2008-06-02 08:57:00	What you can try first, is remove the CMOS jumper on the mobo (with it off for about a minute), then put it back on the mobo again. See what happens. If you can get into the BIOS reconfigure the BIOS and save the settings. Then remove everything except ram, the videocard so u can see something. And the hdd. Then see what happens, if it wont work boot / turn on. remove the videocard (if theres a videocard onboard, then try again). If that doesnt work, remove the ram (if theres 2 sticks of ram), remove one try it, then try the other stick of ram	Speedy Gonzales (78)
674953	2008-06-04 12:19:00	Sweet will get onto that, have been hella busy with uni work till now, one of my friends suggested that it could be fried video card? could that be a possible cause?in any case ill test it out now and see what happens. V.K	vk_dre (195)
674954	2008-06-05 02:29:00	Didn't work guys. Still nothing. What should I do next?	vk_dre (195)
674955	2008-06-05 02:33:00	Have you tried another Power supply, just in case the video editing started drawing to much power, and it went belly up.	wainuitech (129)
674956	2008-06-05 02:41:00	Try unplugging all your drives including hdd as well, it won't boot but it should get to a screen showing a boot error - it is possible for a dead / corrupted drive to prevent booting. However Video decoding is quite CPU intensive so it sounds like it failed after you stressed the CPU possibly due to overheating etc. Also check that CPU fan is still plugged in and functioning, many motherboards won't allow the system to start without a working cpu fan. Another thing is that the Ti series of cards are pretty old and had some common failures, so it might be the graphics card as previously discussed. Onboard is a good test if available. I would avoid buying any new parts until you can be sure of the culprit.	dugimodo (138)
674957	2008-06-05 04:17:00	Could be the PSU. Could be RAM. COuld be the graphics card. Could be the MB. You're going to have to troubleshoot by a process of elimination.	pctek (84)
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