Hi, my PC has suddenly stopped booting up. The monitor dosen't come on, & it continuously gives out long beeps. I understand this usually means a memory problem (RAM) but I have changed these around & even put a friend's ram in but still no difference. My friend's ram is the same as mine (DDR400) except his stick was only 256mb, mine are both 500). I have 2 x 500mb sticks, & why would they both blow for no reason ?
Apart from the monitor not kicking in, & the pc giving out the long beeps, it looks like everything is booting up, all the fans are on, & even the cd drive lights up.
I have changed the (agp) graphics card & even tried a pci card.
Yesterday I bought a new motherboard ! So I now have the improved GA-K8NS-Pro, but still no difference.
The power supply is a very good 400w one & works well. All the fans come on & everything appears to work, except the monitor & of course the loud, long, beeps. Last night I swapped the psu for another one just in case, but it didn't help, so I know it's not the psu.
Could it be the CPU ? Before putting it in the new board, I cleaned it & added the paste etc. It dosen't look burnt or damaged at all, in fact it looks brand new & I understand that I would get high/low beeps if that was the problem.
So, I know it's not the graphics card, it's not the motherboard, it's not the psu, & it dosen't look like it's the ram (although the beep code says it is?) I'm running out of ideas. Could the cpu be damamged, even though the fans have always worked & it's never been overclocked etc (plus I'm not getting the high/low beeps)
Regards
Steve 'G7RTA'
Apart from the monitor not kicking in, & the pc giving out the long beeps, it looks like everything is booting up, all the fans are on, & even the cd drive lights up.
I have changed the (agp) graphics card & even tried a pci card.
Yesterday I bought a new motherboard ! So I now have the improved GA-K8NS-Pro, but still no difference.
The power supply is a very good 400w one & works well. All the fans come on & everything appears to work, except the monitor & of course the loud, long, beeps. Last night I swapped the psu for another one just in case, but it didn't help, so I know it's not the psu.
Could it be the CPU ? Before putting it in the new board, I cleaned it & added the paste etc. It dosen't look burnt or damaged at all, in fact it looks brand new & I understand that I would get high/low beeps if that was the problem.
So, I know it's not the graphics card, it's not the motherboard, it's not the psu, & it dosen't look like it's the ram (although the beep code says it is?) I'm running out of ideas. Could the cpu be damamged, even though the fans have always worked & it's never been overclocked etc (plus I'm not getting the high/low beeps)
Regards
Steve 'G7RTA'