All of a sudden my PC didn;t want to start this morning. Last night I turned it off ok, and this morning nothing! That is, I've got two lights at the front: one indicates that I've got power and remains lit as long as I use the PC, and the other one blinks when there is HD activity. Well, first light (green) is on but second light not.
There is no cooler fan activity, nor I can access setup. It;s as if CPU didn't start up.
I've changed power source from a 450W to 550W 15 days ago and used the puter perfectly well. Temperatures are 36C for MoBo, 49C for Graphic card and 58C for CPU (thnx speedfan).
How old is the motherboard? Have you checked to see if the green light on the board itself is on. Even if it is, Check the compasitors to see if they are swollen or leaking, or if they look a rusty colour. It could be that your motherboard could be gone.
Asus P5WD2 Premium Motherboard
Lian Li PC60 PLus Case
Pentium 4 3Ghz Processor
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E
Crucial 2Gbs DDR2 Ram
System Temps idle 32C for the Processor,30C motherboard
Hitachi 250GB Hard drive,Hitachi 160GB Hard drive
Western Digital 160GB Hard drive.
Have you tried disconnecting and than reconnecting the processor and hard drive cable, change the data cable to the hard drive and see if it helps.
If there are different components on your board not working than it has to be a problem with the board somewhere. It could be that the board has had a power surge and some damage may have occured, or the board has a channel or chip that may have gone. Also try disconnecting the led cable, for the hard drive, and than replace it. It is strange the processor and hard drive is effected.
Asus P5WD2 Premium Motherboard
Lian Li PC60 PLus Case
Pentium 4 3Ghz Processor
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E
Crucial 2Gbs DDR2 Ram
System Temps idle 32C for the Processor,30C motherboard
Hitachi 250GB Hard drive,Hitachi 160GB Hard drive
Western Digital 160GB Hard drive.
If your motherboard produces POST alerts via the speaker, it may be worthwhile unplugging everything in turn from the motherboard, excluding the CPU & HSF, and turning it on. Then compare the POST beep sequence to your motherboard manual to see what the issue is.
If it does support this function then you shouldnt have a problem, for example if it does support POST speaker beeps, and you get no alert whatsoever, even when you power on without the CPU, then you can pretty safely say its either PSU or M/B. If you still have your old PSU, I suggest popping that in and teseting it.
If you do get a beep when you boot up, then compare the sequence to your motherboard and find out what the fault code is.
