Cannot START!

[Fred]

Hi folks,

Need some help/advice.

PC running WinXP Home was running fine and was logged off. Went to check

email and saw monitor was in Energy saving mode. I do not have any ACPI
settings on at all.

The HDD light was on, the power LED is on but no response at all.

Rebooted the system and nothing happens! The power LED comes on, the HDD

light is ON but no power on self test, no bios activity at all. Tried a
boot disk but nothing is happening.

Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Thanks, Fred

 

[KV]

Does your system beep multiple times? If so, what kind of system is it?
You should be able to find out what beep codes mean on the Internet,
either from the manufacturer of your PC or the manufacturer of your
motherboard.

Do you have another monitor? If not, can you borrow a friends'? Try
another monitor and see if that works.

Unplug the PC and let it sit there for five minutes. Plug it back in
and try again.

If you are comfortable with the insides of your computer, you can remove
or swap the memory (don't do it unless you're confident). Unplug any
components you don't need, like your CD-ROM.

These are a couple of things you can try. Let us know what happens.

 

[Fred]

KV,

No tones at all. Here's what I've done so far.

shut down and waited 15 minutes
re-seated video card
checked HDD connections
checked power plug - power supply connector to MB

The system fans are all running, the power LED and HDD lights are ON.

Nothing else happens, no bios action, that is no KB, no mouse, no self test.

It is as if the motherboard just died or something like that.

Fred

 

[KV]

Is this a Dell system?

 

[Darrell]

Can you boot directly to your XP CD? Try it. Maybe your hard drive
"died".

 

[Fred]

Darrell,

That won't help as the monitor remains blank and the bios POST never happens. It
never gets to the point of starting the HDD. Seems like the video card or the MB
or ????

Fred