no display

[krazylegz]

following on from this thread http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...format-115884/ it has got gradually worse.

came home this weekend to try another HDD, but it crashed hald way through installing windows and it crashed, now it wont display anything on the screen... tried 2x graphics cards and 3x HDD's also tried the onboard display port but still nothing.

dont get a single thing on the display at all

ant ideas anyone?

[barrowmanandrew]

sounds like an overheating fault to me, can you hear cpu fan?

[cunny]

Clear the cmos by using the jumper caps on the motherboard. To fund these google model number of motherboard, or consult manual. If you cant find it, unplug from mains, remove cmos battery, wait 20 mins.

Try differant hdd leads, ide or sata.

If its overheating, try clearing out any dust from heat sinks with a can of air.

Try re-seating ram, u need to remove all drives if still no display, only leaving the basics in, cpu, ram, graphics card.

Once you've done the things above, it could well be the motherboard, ram, graphics or cpu that has gone faulty.


Keep us posted Krazy

[krazylegz]

cheers lads, i've told him to replace the mobo and cpu as its had numerous hdds in and still the same

[cunny]

Without any HDD/DVD or CD Drives you should still get BIOS POST messages, I would try clearing the CMOS 1st before any purchase is made

[krazylegz]

Is there a way to check if either the mobo or processor is at fault?

Tried to refresh the CMOS but still nothing. Thing is he's pretty skint so don't think he can afford another he'd too, unless u can still get mobos with IDE ports on em instead of Sata?

[Itsme]

Don't want to rain on anybody's parade here but have you tried an alternative power supply?

Does the power indicator lamp light up?

Does the cpu fan or case fans run?

Are there any led indicators on the mobo and if so do they light up?

Try removing the CPU, cleaning off the heat sink compound and replacing with fresh heat sink compound.

A motherboard test card can be purchased from fleabay

New Nice Motherboard CPU DDR VGA HDD + PSU Tester Kit on eBay (end time 11-Jul-10 10:08:34 BST)

I have the cheaper PCI one similar to this

2-Digit PC DIAGNOSTIC CARD Motherboard POST Tester on eBay (end time 30-Jul-10 11:54:19 BST)

but it seems that USB ones are now available.

These testers simulate the computers "P.O.S.T." (Power On Self Test) and report errors.

[krazylegz]

Yes mate the power button lights up , the fan spins, hdd spins and there's a little yellowy/greeny light on the mobo that lights up

[cunny]

ve you tried to reset cmos, set the jumper to clear cmos, then back to normal mode. If your unsure then post make and model number

[Itsme]

Yes mate the power button lights up , the fan spins, hdd spins and there's a little yellowy/greeny light on the mobo that lights up

does the bios post display?

When you say it crashed - do you mean the screen froze with a picture on it or did the monitor just blank?

[krazylegz]

ve you tried to reset cmos, set the jumper to clear cmos, then back to normal mode. If your unsure then post make and model number

yeah i tried to clear the cmos, i found a asus pdf on the mobo which showed how to do it, however with the jumper on the pins it says it wouldn't power up at all

does the bios post display?

When you say it crashed - do you mean the screen froze with a picture on it or did the monitor just blank?

no mate bios doesn't display now, it crashed when it was installing windows... just froze on a loading windows screen, left it for about an hour first bu it still never worked, then since then it hasn't had a displa at all, evern with trying 3x IDE HDD's and a currently working sata hdd with windws 7 and still nothing

[cunny]

Can i have model number krazy plz

[Itsme]

Have you tried a different monitor?

[barrowmanandrew]

sounds like either your cpu or cpu fan is faulty. this is why fault is gettin worse, cpu is overheating...

[cunny]

sounds like either your cpu or cpu fan is faulty. this is why fault is gettin worse, cpu is overheating...

If that was the case, the system would reboot once cooled down. There is a fault with a part somewhere. Possibly RAM

Can we have Full System specs?

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
PSU
GFX if not onboard