Pc not starting up

ivar5000 · 01-17-2008, 07:13 AM

hi,
I have a PC i assembled myself back in 2005 in Cochin, Kerala, India.
My config - Amd athlon 64 2800,
MSI RS 480 M1 Motherboard,
512Mb Kingston DDR Ram,
Seagate 80Gb HD,
Benq DVD ROM,
Tech-com ATX 350 watt poWer supply 220/110 AC, 50/60Hz
on board sound card, lan card and 128 Mb ati radeon graphics

I run MS Win XP Sp 2.

Recently, I've been having trouble turning on my PC.
When i turn it on, initially, the monitor led used to just blink. So i replaced my ram With a brand new one (a friends advice). This Worked for a While.
Then, my computer started restarting after a couple of hours.
Now and then, it powers on. other times, it says hard disk cable failure.

Off late, if i press the power button, it doesn't turn on. It starts on its on after 20 minutes or so, but the monitor doesnt turn on.

Ive replace my hard disk and cables twice and there's still no use. I've tried givin it to repair to a number of places but they don't seem to know what the problem is.(Some say smps is screwed, some say HD, some say RAM, some say motherboard

)
Can someone help me out please

. If someone can get me on the right track, i can recommend to the repair guys what to do ......

atmywitsend · 01-17-2008, 08:59 AM

In a situation like this you have to try other memory, gfx card, hard drive etc - do you know anyone with these things who you can swap with - I know its a pain but you could also rebuild it making sure all plugs and memory etc are seated correctly.
If you swap memory, psu, gfx card, hard drive and finally processor and you still have the problem then it would have to be the motherboard - not easy but the only way to do it in my opinion....

dai · 01-17-2008, 10:11 AM

look at the power supply,computer problems from your location usually go to a power supply problem because of cost and availability,when building they are usually compromised on
Power Supply Information and Selection

rockmeister · 01-17-2008, 04:45 PM

does it give a errorcode (beeps) that might help.. for the rest maybe the motherboard but can't really be sure

ivar5000 · 01-18-2008, 03:21 PM

no error codes .................
il try changin my psu .....
hope for the best ....
thanks guys .............

01-17-2008, 07:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
ivar5000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: India Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp2 My System	Pc not starting up hi, I have a PC i assembled myself back in 2005 in Cochin, Kerala, India. My config - Amd athlon 64 2800, MSI RS 480 M1 Motherboard, 512Mb Kingston DDR Ram, Seagate 80Gb HD, Benq DVD ROM, Tech-com ATX 350 watt poWer supply 220/110 AC, 50/60Hz on board sound card, lan card and 128 Mb ati radeon graphics I run MS Win XP Sp 2. Recently, I've been having trouble turning on my PC. When i turn it on, initially, the monitor led used to just blink. So i replaced my ram With a brand new one (a friends advice). This Worked for a While. Then, my computer started restarting after a couple of hours. Now and then, it powers on. other times, it says hard disk cable failure. Off late, if i press the power button, it doesn't turn on. It starts on its on after 20 minutes or so, but the monitor doesnt turn on. Ive replace my hard disk and cables twice and there's still no use. I've tried givin it to repair to a number of places but they don't seem to know what the problem is.(Some say smps is screwed, some say HD, some say RAM, some say motherboard) Can someone help me out please. If someone can get me on the right track, i can recommend to the repair guys what to do ......

01-17-2008, 08:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
atmywitsend Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 OS: xp	Re: Pc not starting up In a situation like this you have to try other memory, gfx card, hard drive etc - do you know anyone with these things who you can swap with - I know its a pain but you could also rebuild it making sure all plugs and memory etc are seated correctly. If you swap memory, psu, gfx card, hard drive and finally processor and you still have the problem then it would have to be the motherboard - not easy but the only way to do it in my opinion....

01-17-2008, 10:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,267 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Pc not starting up look at the power supply,computer problems from your location usually go to a power supply problem because of cost and availability,when building they are usually compromised on Power Supply Information and Selection __________________

01-17-2008, 04:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
rockmeister Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 OS: win xp sp2	Re: Pc not starting up does it give a errorcode (beeps) that might help.. for the rest maybe the motherboard but can't really be sure __________________ 85.144.107.44

01-18-2008, 03:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
ivar5000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: India Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp2 My System	Re: Pc not starting up no error codes ................. il try changin my psu ..... hope for the best .... thanks guys ............. __________________ __raVI__