Help with my PC please :)

[badboyz016]

Hey ppl, hope valentines is going well for you!

Basically, I tried to turn on my PC this morning and it wasnt having any of it. All it does is power up but not go past the POST bit (i.e beeping) It just stays on with the HD light on constantly?
I've tried reseting the CMOS but with no joy, also had a look around for loose connections and everything seems fine.....
It was working yesterday

Anybody got any ideas?

 

[Alex]

HDD Crash sounds like. You've not been playing around with the cables have you, if you put the IDE cable in the wrong way around, the HDD light will stay on, and it won't boot.

 

[badboyz016]

Nope I havent touched the HD cables but have checked to make sure they are all connected and they are.
I forgot to mention that the power LED flashes also?

 

[Big Black Stilo]

You seem to able to get on here though

 

[badboyz016]

You seem to able to get on here though

Good thing I gota laptop too

 

[Alex]

have you got the Motherboard Manual. Are there any audiable alarms from the computer (beeps, siren type noises)?

 

[badboyz016]

have you got the Motherboard Manual. Are there any audiable alarms from the computer (beeps, siren type noises)?

Nah no beeps at all....just the constant loading HD light and flashing power LED?

Checked manual but nothing in there about the problem.....

Its a MSI K8 Neo

 

[Terminal]

isnt the flashing power light for standby mode?
try holding the reset button and then powering on. that sometimes helps.
also you could check the CMOS clear jumper is set correctly - this will stop it from passing POST.

 

[badboyz016]

Dont think it means stand by but could be wrong. CMOS jumper defo in right place. tried holding reset button, no joy

 

[Trancendental]

These are symptoms of cables being put on the wrong way round and seeing as you said it just died and you never touched it then it could possibly be dead HDisk. Try your Hdisk in another machine and a working Hdisk in your broken machine.

If not then you may well have a Faulty MoBo or Processor.

 

[badboyz016]

Will unplug 1 of the 2 HD's and see if there is any change.

 

[badboyz016]

tried unpluggin HD's 1 at a time, no joy ;(

 

[Trancendental]

What you should do now is unplug everything but the:

Processor
Power Supply
RAM

Turn on the computer and see if it beeps at you, at this point any amount of beeps is a good thing, I think its either 2 or 8 beeps for no monitor or one long beep

Eitherway after you've tried that, plug in your monitor and see what you get. If you get no HDisk detected/No System Disk/No OS etc then your comp works and something else is faulty. Test one component at a time by plugging in in one component at a time.

NEVER REMOVE OR CONNECT COMPONENTS WHILE THE MACHINE IS RUNNING!

Furthermore, try disconnecting everything and removing the motherboard It might be that the MoBo had moved a bit and the screws that hold it down are causing a joined circuit of some sort which may be interfering with the data buses.

Make sure the Mobo is properly lined up and securly tightened then try again.

 

[badboyz016]

Hey Trans, i disconnected everything bar the cpu, memory and wireless card and it still does the flashing power led thing?

 

[Trancendental]

Get with the taking out the Mobo and inspecting t for damage.

Plug it back in and see what happens. If it still don't work try another RAM module from a working machine.

If this shall fail then fear your Mobo be dead.