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by batang_munti

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MY PC THAT HAS A MOTHERBOARD WITH INTEGRATED VIDEO AND SOUND DOES NOT BOOT. POWER SUPPLY AND PROCESSOR ARE OKAY. TRIED USING A PCI GRAPHIC CARD AND A DIFFERENT SDRAM BUT STILL DID NOT BOOT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

THANKS

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by nikki96

What do you mean it doesn't boot? Does the power even turn on? Do you get any errors at all? What kind of PC? What kind of OS? What motherboard manufacturer? We need more info.

Nikki

by batang_munti

sorry i clearly stated the problem. thanks anyway.

i checked the cmos battery voltage and found out that it measured 1 volt. i replaced it and the computer came alive. i don't know how to explain this.

by sthomas

I agree with Nikki. Also does the computer beep at all. This will fill us in on any hardware issues that are going on.

Thanks,
Sam

by batang_munti

sorry i clearly stated the problem. thanks anyway.

i checked the cmos battery voltage and found out that it measured 1 volt. i replaced it and the computer came alive. i don't know how to explain this.

by shadowofthefallen

Ok. So it doesn't boot.... Let's do a troubleshooting checklist.

1. Is it plugged in? (if no, plug it in and try to boot again)
2. If it is plugged in and pressing the power button won't start the pc:
a. is the switch in the back of the pc set
to the on position? if not, set it to
the on position and try to boot the
computer
b. is the power switch correctly connected
to the motherboard? if not, connect the
power switch and try again.
3. If the power supply still does not activate, replace the power supply and try again.
4. (Assuming power supply activates when power switch is pressed) Remove all peripherals, including all cards, drives, and memory. If the system speaker is hooked up, and does not beep, the motherboard is probably fried. If the system speaker is hooked up, and does beep, replace the memory.

5. Boot the machine with memory and video card only. Does the machine boot to bios? If no, try with a different video card and make sure your card does not conflict with bios (some video cards don't work with some BIOS versions).

6. If the machine will not boot with only memory and video card, either you have bad memory,a bad power supply, a bad video card, a bad motherboard, or a bad processer. I'd recommend testing each of the devices in a machine that you KNOW is operational to discover which is broken. Then replace the part.

by batang_munti

i had done all of these. thank you.

i checked the cmos battery voltage and found out that it measured 1 volt. i replaced it and the computer came alive. i don't know how to explain this.

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