This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL

AnthonyL · 04-24-2008, 04:29 PM

A friend of mine just turned over to me to look at his system to check on why it was not working. He said it was a year ago when it stopped working and that his brother took it to someone who said that the hard drive went out on it. I asked what was it doing and he indicated that it would not power up and if one was to listen closely that you can hear a small clicking noise in the back. Once I got the system home, I tried to power it up. I heard the clicking noise and instantly thought it may be the power supply going completely dead. I then replaced it with a ample power supply and tried again. A few things I seen odd that this mother board did not have a cpu fan and wondered if it was one of the built in cpus under the silver plate. It did see copper tubing on the far side of it, so I was not sure. It has been years since I toyed with any computer but I have the basic knowledge too. I also noticed that the green light on the motherboard was flashing. I disconnected all power hardware but not the motherboard with the cpu to see post beeps and work up to the problem. No post beeps were detected. I am not sure what the issue is. At the moment , I have the battery out of the motherboard to sit out a bit before I go further. Can anyone give me in simple computer lingo what else I can do? Or what else it can be?

dai · 04-24-2008, 06:31 PM

first put a heat sink and fan on the cpu
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm
without the h/sink it will overheat instantly when you turn it on

AnthonyL · 04-24-2008, 09:09 PM

Yes that is with all computers that I have seen and understandable . The tower for my friends system is a VALO with a overhead compartment with a oversized fan that blows down copper tubing to the area of the CPU and heat sink. This system does not have the standard CPU cooling fan as one would think. The heat sink is securely on as well. We tested another power supply switching the voltage for 5 seconds on the back and as a result the flashing green light sped up and the clicking was faster however we feel that the problem can only be at this point is the system is either needing a stronger power supply and or the motherboard and CPU is shot. The CPU is non detachable and built in as well. Now my question is , if the green flashing light is going stronger, meaning it is receiving more power, would it be the power supply ? It has been a long time working with them, but if it is getting power and the motherboard and CPU was blown, would that light even be flashing ? Any advise on the matter would be much appreciated. Thank you in advanced.

dai · 04-25-2008, 09:35 AM

i have asked someone else to come to the thread as i have no knowledge of the setup
i gather it's made by sony

**Deleted090308** · 04-25-2008, 09:53 AM

Hi,

The P4SD-VL is a Dell motherboard made by ASUS, as far as I know.
Does the motherboard look like this?
Is this a home built custom system?

Try reseating the RAM sticks and any expansion cards attached.

See if the computer starts with HDD and CD disconnected.

AnthonyL · 04-25-2008, 10:19 AM

I will get some photos in a few minutes here. Dai, you are right it is a VALO Sony PC. I will look on the case for details. Eneles, I tried that and nothing. When the system was turned over to me, I was so puzzled with no CPU Fan like a normal PC, a very odd looking tower case with a extra large fan in a separate enclosed section on top of the tower that sucks in the air then blows it down going through these copper pipes under a steal plate directly on the CPU and heat sink. It is nothing that I ever seen before, again I will get photos to show this. The green light on the mother board is blinking but the system will not boot. Once again I switched the out put power on another power supply to be stronger. The blinking of this green light increased in speed and so did the small clicking coming from the other power supply, without research yet, I am not how much power this system needs to operate off, so i need to find that out today as well. Three more computers are being given to me today free so I will more then likely keep this one to familiarize myself with it and just give my mate another system faster sometime tonight. Eneles and Dia if you can keep assisting me it would be much appreciated. Be back in a few minutes with photos.

Eneles, please note also that it does not look like that as well.

dai · 04-25-2008, 10:51 AM

everything i find for valo comes through as a laptop,it is valo and not vaio

AnthonyL · 04-25-2008, 10:57 AM

Well I took the photos but can not find the lead, I will soon though. Here is the Make and Model Number in the mean time. " sony valo pcv-1154 " . Desk Top

dai · 04-25-2008, 11:18 AM

nothing comes up anywhere including the sony site

**Deleted090308** · 04-25-2008, 12:06 PM

Google leads me here: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod...6,66,9,70,5,72

See if you can find the exact model among the three.

04-24-2008, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
AnthonyL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL A friend of mine just turned over to me to look at his system to check on why it was not working. He said it was a year ago when it stopped working and that his brother took it to someone who said that the hard drive went out on it. I asked what was it doing and he indicated that it would not power up and if one was to listen closely that you can hear a small clicking noise in the back. Once I got the system home, I tried to power it up. I heard the clicking noise and instantly thought it may be the power supply going completely dead. I then replaced it with a ample power supply and tried again. A few things I seen odd that this mother board did not have a cpu fan and wondered if it was one of the built in cpus under the silver plate. It did see copper tubing on the far side of it, so I was not sure. It has been years since I toyed with any computer but I have the basic knowledge too. I also noticed that the green light on the motherboard was flashing. I disconnected all power hardware but not the motherboard with the cpu to see post beeps and work up to the problem. No post beeps were detected. I am not sure what the issue is. At the moment , I have the battery out of the motherboard to sit out a bit before I go further. Can anyone give me in simple computer lingo what else I can do? Or what else it can be?

04-24-2008, 06:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL first put a heat sink and fan on the cpu http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm without the h/sink it will overheat instantly when you turn it on __________________

04-24-2008, 09:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
AnthonyL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL Yes that is with all computers that I have seen and understandable . The tower for my friends system is a VALO with a overhead compartment with a oversized fan that blows down copper tubing to the area of the CPU and heat sink. This system does not have the standard CPU cooling fan as one would think. The heat sink is securely on as well. We tested another power supply switching the voltage for 5 seconds on the back and as a result the flashing green light sped up and the clicking was faster however we feel that the problem can only be at this point is the system is either needing a stronger power supply and or the motherboard and CPU is shot. The CPU is non detachable and built in as well. Now my question is , if the green flashing light is going stronger, meaning it is receiving more power, would it be the power supply ? It has been a long time working with them, but if it is getting power and the motherboard and CPU was blown, would that light even be flashing ? Any advise on the matter would be much appreciated. Thank you in advanced. Last edited by AnthonyL; 04-24-2008 at 09:11 PM.

04-25-2008, 09:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL i have asked someone else to come to the thread as i have no knowledge of the setup i gather it's made by sony __________________

04-25-2008, 09:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL Hi, The P4SD-VL is a Dell motherboard made by ASUS, as far as I know. Does the motherboard look like this? Is this a home built custom system? Try reseating the RAM sticks and any expansion cards attached. See if the computer starts with HDD and CD disconnected.

04-25-2008, 10:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
AnthonyL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL I will get some photos in a few minutes here. Dai, you are right it is a VALO Sony PC. I will look on the case for details. Eneles, I tried that and nothing. When the system was turned over to me, I was so puzzled with no CPU Fan like a normal PC, a very odd looking tower case with a extra large fan in a separate enclosed section on top of the tower that sucks in the air then blows it down going through these copper pipes under a steal plate directly on the CPU and heat sink. It is nothing that I ever seen before, again I will get photos to show this. The green light on the mother board is blinking but the system will not boot. Once again I switched the out put power on another power supply to be stronger. The blinking of this green light increased in speed and so did the small clicking coming from the other power supply, without research yet, I am not how much power this system needs to operate off, so i need to find that out today as well. Three more computers are being given to me today free so I will more then likely keep this one to familiarize myself with it and just give my mate another system faster sometime tonight. Eneles and Dia if you can keep assisting me it would be much appreciated. Be back in a few minutes with photos. Eneles, please note also that it does not look like that as well. Last edited by AnthonyL; 04-25-2008 at 10:23 AM.

04-25-2008, 10:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL everything i find for valo comes through as a laptop,it is valo and not vaio __________________

04-25-2008, 10:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
AnthonyL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL Well I took the photos but can not find the lead, I will soon though. Here is the Make and Model Number in the mean time. " sony valo pcv-1154 " . Desk Top Last edited by AnthonyL; 04-25-2008 at 10:58 AM.

04-25-2008, 11:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,200 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL nothing comes up anywhere including the sony site __________________

04-25-2008, 12:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: This may be a very dumb question on a ASUS P4SD-VL Google leads me here: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod...6,66,9,70,5,72 See if you can find the exact model among the three.