Compaq Presario SR5010NX

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PC power on, getting no screen activity, no cursor,no response from any F keys, is it the graphics or video card?

 

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Does that system even has a video card or just the onboard video from the CPU? What exactly happens when you turn on the system? Does it sound like it's starting? Drive spinning, lights coming on? No screen at all even when the BIOS screen should be on?

Could be any number of things, from RAM to power supply to motherboard, a bad hard drive can cause issues, even a bad drive cable. Unplug the hard drive/CD/DVD, unplug from wall, reset BIOS with the jumper or pull out the CMOS battery for 10 seconds, hold in the power button for abotu 30 seconds. Reseat the RAM, if you have more than one stick, use only one stick. Plug in the system and see if it turns on. If it does and you see the BIOS screen, shut it off, plug it all back in and see if it turns on.

 

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Does that system even has a video card or just the onboard video from the CPU? What exactly happens when you turn on the system? Does it sound like it's starting? Drive spinning, lights coming on? No screen at all even when the BIOS screen should be on?

Could be any number of things, from RAM to power supply to motherboard, a bad hard drive can cause issues, even a bad drive cable. Unplug the hard drive/CD/DVD, unplug from wall, reset BIOS with the jumper or pull out the CMOS battery for 10 seconds, hold in the power button for abotu 30 seconds. Reseat the RAM, if you have more than one stick, use only one stick. Plug in the system and see if it turns on. If it does and you see the BIOS screen, shut it off, plug it all back in and see if it turns on.

 

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Onboard video,system sounds fine when turning on, drive spinning,lights, no screen at all. The cr2032 battery for the clock is the cmos battery? What is jumper? I see where to unplug hard drive, both cables? Thanks very much!

 

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Onboard video,system sounds fine when turning on, drive spinning,lights, no screen at all. The cr2032 battery for the clock is the cmos battery? What is jumper? I see where to unplug hard drive, both cables? Thanks very much!

Yes that is the CMOS battery. If you remove that you don't need to do anything with the reset jumper.

Yes unplug both the power and the data cable from the hard drive. Make sure system is shut off when you do.

Did you test the monitor and cable already?

 

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Onboard video,system sounds fine when turning on, drive spinning,lights, no screen at all. The cr2032 battery for the clock is the cmos battery? What is jumper? I see where to unplug hard drive, both cables? Thanks very much!

Yes that is the CMOS battery. If you remove that you don't need to do anything with the reset jumper.

Yes unplug both the power and the data cable from the hard drive. Make sure system is shut off when you do.

Did you test the monitor and cable already?

 

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The monitor is from my own pc as well as cable. Im getting ready to do the static test now. Thanks

 

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I dont see a battery on the mother board.

 

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Thanks very much for your assistance. Your help was invaluable!