[drewkj]

hello i am so lost.. first off i'm a newbie when it comes to rebuilding comps. and such. nut the other day i was going to install a slave hard drive so that i could have another hard drive in this comp. well i disconnected my old hardrive, plugged new one in and reformatted it to be like new... then i was going to put the harddrive into the case and mount it... thats when i hit a prob. the mobo fan was in the way and also the flat lines that connect from the mobo to the hard drive, cd-rom... etc... so i unplugged the cords (after numbering them to remember which one went where) and i started to unscrew the fan. but i changed my mind half way through unscrewing the fan. because i decided maybe i shouldn't mess with things i dont know too much about yet. so i screwed the fan back inn the rest of the way and plugged cords in. put case back together and started er up...... no beep no monitor signal!!!!!!! f*ck me!!! any one have any iddea what could have happend? also i was using a magnitized tipped screwdriver<<<<<< friend said it wouldnt be strong enough to cause any damage... is he right? any ideas?? please help

 

[Tyree]

Check ALL of your power connections to the Mobo and Hdd...be certain all other hardware is seated properly (RAM, Graphics card- CPU)

 

[drewkj]

ok i have checked everything to make sure it was in the correct way and secured. still no monitor pic. and no beep when the system starts no windows start up music

 

[Tyree]

Does it get to the Bios? Try clearing the CMOS.
UNPLUG the PSU
Move the CMOS jumper pins (located near the CMOS battery) from pins 1 & 2 to Pins 2 & 3 for a few seconds. Move the pins back to Pins 1 & 2 and boot the PC.

 

[drewkj]

okay.

 

[drewkj]

the fan on the power supply turns on... fan on mobo doesnt turn on when i start it. monitor says no signal... how would i know if it gets to the bios? i tried taking out battery for few minutes nothing i will try what you are suggesting. the computer worked fine days ago. thank you very much for your help i appreciate it man!!!

 

[drewkj]

ok i unplugged the power cord coming from the psu to the mobo. i moved pin that was in 1-2 pos. to 2-3 pos. moved pins back plugged in power and booted still nothing! also i tried hitting caps lock and num. lock and the light on the keyboard does not even come on. there were two pins right next ton eachother also.

 

[drewkj]

i also see the thing on mobo that say c mos around it and it it a button. any idea what this is?

 

[Tyree]

i also see the thing on mobo that say c mos around it and it it a button. any idea what this is?

You have the symptoms of a failed PSU. Please liost the specs of your PC.
Brand and model if it's a prebuilt.
Brand and model of Mobo-CPU-RAM PSU.

 

[drewkj]

i will gather info and post soon as i can thanks alot.. you think that i fried something messing around?

 

[Wrench97]

ok i unplugged the power cord coming from the psu to the mobo. i moved pin that was in 1-2 pos. to 2-3 pos. moved pins back plugged in power and booted still nothing! also i tried hitting caps lock and num. lock and the light on the keyboard does not even come on. there were two pins right next ton eachother also.

Unplug the PC from the wall just unplugging the 24 you will still have power on the 5v standby.

 

[drewkj]

the cord to the wall was also unplugged.