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Gah! Computer Won't Switch On - HELP!
morning guys
Ok, simply my PC won't switch on.. here's what happened.. Went to install a new TV card last night, turned off computer and unplugged all the periphals from the back of the PC, took off the side of the case and slotted TV card into spare PCI slot (no other hardware was touched or removed / changed). Turned the "I | 0" switch on the power supply back on, motherboard LED came on. Went to switch it on from the front of the case, and... nothing. Turned off everything again, unplugged periphials and took side of case of. Tried again. Motherboard clicked slightly (like it was trying to start up) and CPU fan jolted slightly, but still nothing. Made sure everything was seated into motherboard, all seemed well, even took out TV card (thinking that may be the problem), and still the same thing happened. Even replaced the PSU with a working one to see if that was the problem and still nothing changed. The only thing I can think that it may be is either the actual on/off switch on the box, or the motherboard has borked during the fitting of the new card. I have an Abit NFS-7 motherboard. Is there any sort of tests I can use to test any of these things out? Maybe something like bypassing the On/Off switch on the box? Does anyone else have any similair experiences? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for all your help! |
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Gah! Computer Won't Switch On - HELP!
reset the CMOS first, before writing off the motherboard.
wrote in message oups.com... morning guys Ok, simply my PC won't switch on.. here's what happened.. Went to install a new TV card last night, turned off computer and unplugged all the periphals from the back of the PC, took off the side of the case and slotted TV card into spare PCI slot (no other hardware was touched or removed / changed). Turned the "I | 0" switch on the power supply back on, motherboard LED came on. Went to switch it on from the front of the case, and... nothing. Turned off everything again, unplugged periphials and took side of case of. Tried again. Motherboard clicked slightly (like it was trying to start up) and CPU fan jolted slightly, but still nothing. Made sure everything was seated into motherboard, all seemed well, even took out TV card (thinking that may be the problem), and still the same thing happened. Even replaced the PSU with a working one to see if that was the problem and still nothing changed. The only thing I can think that it may be is either the actual on/off switch on the box, or the motherboard has borked during the fitting of the new card. I have an Abit NFS-7 motherboard. Is there any sort of tests I can use to test any of these things out? Maybe something like bypassing the On/Off switch on the box? Does anyone else have any similair experiences? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for all your help! |
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Gah! Computer Won't Switch On - HELP!
DID you plug the power swirch into the right spot on the mobo ?? And if so checkthe wire to see its not brocken off at the on switch. that screwed me one and now my on swich is the reset switch on my case On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:57:59 -0800, "JAD" wrote: reset the CMOS first, before writing off the motherboard. wrote in message roups.com... morning guys Ok, simply my PC won't switch on.. here's what happened.. Went to install a new TV card last night, turned off computer and unplugged all the periphals from the back of the PC, took off the side of the case and slotted TV card into spare PCI slot (no other hardware was touched or removed / changed). Turned the "I | 0" switch on the power supply back on, motherboard LED came on. Went to switch it on from the front of the case, and... nothing. Turned off everything again, unplugged periphials and took side of case of. Tried again. Motherboard clicked slightly (like it was trying to start up) and CPU fan jolted slightly, but still nothing. Made sure everything was seated into motherboard, all seemed well, even took out TV card (thinking that may be the problem), and still the same thing happened. Even replaced the PSU with a working one to see if that was the problem and still nothing changed. The only thing I can think that it may be is either the actual on/off switch on the box, or the motherboard has borked during the fitting of the new card. I have an Abit NFS-7 motherboard. Is there any sort of tests I can use to test any of these things out? Maybe something like bypassing the On/Off switch on the box? Does anyone else have any similair experiences? Any ideas? Thanks in advance for all your help! |
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