mazmas

Hello, Following are the answers to the question you asked: 1) screen stays blank,no beep sound. 2) no loading of windows, screen stays blank.Amber light where the hard drive cable is connected to motherboard keeps blinking.All fans work fine. Thank you for the list of steps to find out the real problem I will give it a go and will update you. Once again many thanks for your help. mazmas

hello, Thanks for your reply I have only seperated the cpu from fan once. And yes there was a paste which is still there, do I need to replace it with new paste ?

It ia a HIGRADE COMPUTER (CHATTER) following are its specs: Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 Memory (RAM): 512 MB CPU Info: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz CPU Speed: 3190.6 MHz Sound card: Realtek AC97 Audio Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation) | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD Monitors: 1 Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768 - 32 bit Network: Network Present Network Adapters: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport CD / DVD Drives: E: JUMBO CDRW/DVD DBW521A | F: NU DVDRW DDW-082 COM Ports: COM3 | COM1 | COM2 LPT Ports: LPT1 Mouse: 3 Button Wheel Mouse Present Hard Disks: C: 30.0GB | D: 65.0GB Hard Disks - Free: C: 4.3GB | D: 52.2GB USB Controllers: 5 host controllers. Firewire (1394): Not Detected PCMCIA (Laptops): Not Installed Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD Product Make: AC Power Status: OnLine BIOS Info: AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 05/29/06 | IntelR - 42302e31 Time Zone: GMT Standard Time Battery: No Battery Motherboard: Foxconn 865A01 Modem: NetoDragon 56K Voice Modem thanks

Hello, My computer restarts on its own and then freezes. I noticed when it restarts it does not make a beeping noise. when I opened the cover noticed that amber light where hard drive cable sonnects with the motherboard keeps blinking. In normal restart it turns off. I tried to fiddle with various componants and found that if I dislodge and reconnect the Intal heatsink fan on top of the processor it works or may be I am totally wrong. Sometimes it works whole day without any problem and sometimes it does not work on first start after a long gap.I was told by somebody it could be a PSU problem or failing CPU. Following are my details. my computer has pentium 4 3.2 GHZ 512 MB RAM XP HOME EIDTION 2002 CPU INTEL PENTIUM 4 CPU 3.2 GHZ CPU SPEED 3190.3 MHZ PSU MODEL NO FSP300-60PN(PF) Power Provided 300 Watt Any help will be appreciated thanks