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| Thread ID: 80315 | 2007-06-19 00:48:00 | Possible hard drive failure..? | Capt.Hook (5586) | Press F1 |
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| 560480 | 2007-06-19 00:48:00 | XPhome all patched.. When set up and plugged in,the mouse lights up, but as soon as I hit the switch to boot up, the mouse goes out,I get a brief message on sceen,"No sync", and then nothing.The light that normally shows that the hdd is booting does not light up.Would this a hdd failure, or something else failing. I opened the case and can see the fan is going and there is a light on on the mobo. Any help most welcome. Thanks Hook. |
Capt.Hook (5586) | ||
| 560481 | 2007-06-19 01:16:00 | If it's the HDD you'd at least get a POST screen. I'd say PSU, mobo, or GFX card. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 560482 | 2007-06-19 02:15:00 | I 100% agree with roddy boy but add, that memory is also a possibility Ground yourself, remove and refit the memory in case it is not seated 100% |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 560483 | 2007-06-19 02:32:00 | Thanks, Could a dead cmos battery cause this ? Hook |
Capt.Hook (5586) | ||
| 560484 | 2007-06-19 02:43:00 | Thanks, Could a dead cmos battery cause this ? Hook Unlikely. A totally dead (shorted) CMOS battery would more than likely stop the mobo from starting at all. A weak CMOS battery causes strange effects like the machine intermittently rebooting at random. A mobo will boot up with no battery at all - it just won't hold any settings. I think the others have it right - you have a crook graphics card, RAM etc. Try swapping these out until you get the screen to display something useful. I'd start with the graphics card first. |
supertrouper (6665) | ||
| 560485 | 2007-06-19 03:36:00 | PSU, PSU, PSU, - - did I mention PSU, Smells like a crook PSU to me....... Seriously tho - the fact the the mouse loses power as soon as you try to boot would indicate this. If the RAM was bad/missing/dislocated you would get beeeeps from the mobo spkr. If the HDD was crook you would still get BIOS post complaining that there was no HDD to be found.. |
racepics (7812) | ||
| 560486 | 2007-06-19 20:55:00 | All fixed thanks.... I pulled the ram stick out and put it back in and away it went. Cheers for the ideas, Hook |
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