aldin39 Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Last night when my sister was playing GTA SA in my pc the screen locked-up. It would not exit the game nor will it respond. I pressed the power on button in the hopes that it would just reboot. but it did not. So i opened the case, cleaned the memory and adapter contacts and tried reseating it again. I had done it succesfully a couple of times before already. And it used to worked. But when i assembled the pc again and pressed the power button, the fan turns on but the screen is dead. The power LED does not work but the HDD lights are active while the DVD-RW drive does not power up. It would not eject its tray. So did i do something wrong for my computer to act like this? My system info: Processor: Intel pentium 4, 3.0 ghz, x86 family MOBO: ECS P4M300-V3 board. HDD: Western Digital 80GB IDE drive DVD-RW: Samsung TSSTRW*forgot the real thing* BIOS: AMI Video Adapter: Nvidea M4000 60mb ram Memory: 512 mb ddr dram Your help is already appreciated! Quote
Guest Wolfeymole Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 This is a stupid question I know but you did turn the machine off before doing these things Aldin yes? You may have just slightly dislodged the gpu maybe, make sure all connections are fully secure. Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 I would do as wolfey says - if the system light is not coming on but the HDD light is then they are getting power, so its either the IDE and the GPU/RAM not seated right - or the MOBO is dying/dead. Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
aldin39 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Posted September 23, 2008 Yep, I always power off the system before doing any "case" work. Of course I am afraid of getting zapped. Quote
aldin39 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Posted September 23, 2008 How about the DVD RW light not going on when it usually does at power on? I can't even eject the tray. I had experienced a dead screen before but I can eject the tray then. Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Check that the MOLEX connector at the back of the Drive is firmly in place - if it is then then check the IDE is tight and failing that the drive is dead or the MOBO is or the PSU is faulty Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
aldin39 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 The PSU must not be the culprit here since I can see the fan and the HDD spin. Could it be that the motherboard is faulty? I mean im asking if the CPU fan and HDD could power up even if the motherboard is fried? Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 The HDD could as its powered from the PSU not the MOBO - the CPU fan is powered from the MOBO - some parts of the MOBO could be fried and not others. It's hard to diagnose - thats why you need to 'swap out' some of the parts to see which is faulty Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
aldin39 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 Ok I'll be doing some repairs by this weekend. I'll just keep you posted, and maybe ask for some help (again). TY!:) Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 np and feel free to ask away :D Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
aldin39 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 Guys! Thanks for the help. Apparently when I opened the case, the CMOS battery appeared to have popped out, so i just inserted it thoroughly and now it is up and running again. BTW, to wolfey------>>>, you can close all other threads I started since they have been solved obviously... :):):) TY again guys! Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Glad its all sorted :) Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
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