PeeCee <abuse@local.host>, the cheeseparing cofferer, disgorged:
> <l6l2h2auctions@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:1160474107.135755.279040@e3g2000cwe.googlegro ups.com...
>> P4 with WinXP updated, virus checked etc...
>> Try to turn on computer, will not boot. Power light and hard drive
>> lights come on and stay on. Fans in power supply and on processor
>> running. Can't hear hard drive. Swapped in another power supply, no
>> luck. Tried booting while holding <Delete>, no luck.
>> Is this typically a hard drive problem or could it be a communication
>> problem between the MB and HD? Any troubleshooting tips?
>>
>> TIA, Brian
>>
>
> Brian
>
> Unplug the AC mains lead.
> Remove all connected devices from the motherboard except CPU, RAM &
> Graphics adapter.
> i.e disconnect modem, hard and floppy disk drives, CD / DVD drives,
> USB devices etc
> Check those remaining devices are properly seated and motherboard
> mounting screws are snug.
> (I usually dismount and reinsert RAM/Graphics/CPU in their sockets to
> make sure, note your Graphics may be on the motherboard, as such it
> will not be demountable)
>
> Reconnect the AC, Start the PC:
>
> 'If' the PC boots (it will only boot to a black and white screen and
> complain about no boot device but that's fine, it proves these bits
> in the PC are working and booting to that stage anyway)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LMFARO at you. You utterly ****witted ****.
And apart from that, ****flap, what exactly does the OP mean by "processor
running", hmmm? Did you make the ****witted assumption that he's getting a
BIOS boot screen?
> add
> components one by one till you find the culprit, eg a fried Modem can
> sometimes stop a PC booting.
> 'On the other hand' if it still does not boot the suggested option is
> to try the RAM/CPU/Graphics card in another PC that uses the same
> components till you determine the culprit.
> Obviously if they all work then the likely hood is the motherboard is
> toast.
> One motherboard fault that is easy to detect by visual means is to
> check the tops of the Capacitors on the motherboard (Black, Green
> cylindrical components with a silver top) If the silver top is
> bulging and not dead flat and / or shows signs of a brown goo leaking
> out then the capacitors are U/S. This page has details of this
> particular problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
>
>
> Cheers
> Paul.
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