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September 21, 2009 at 12:16 PM
jambass

PC turns on, no beep, no image

by jambass . Updated 16 years, 9 months ago

Hi,
Before anything I want to say that, yes, I searched for problem and I found people in a similar situation before posting this. And sorry for any language mistakes.

My problem is that my computer turns on but doesn’t make any sound (it usually does)and shows no image. I already switched the battery, cleared CMOS, tried other RAM sticks on every slot, video card (basically the hardware in the pc i’m using to write this). Then you might say: “Ok then it’s fried… buy another one.” 🙂 BUT it has a particularity… If I let it disconnected from electricity, say for 1/2 days, when I connect everything again the PC works like nothing ever happened. Then I put my Hiren’s Boot CD to test it and IT PASSES IN EVERY TEST. The thing is that when I reboot, if not the first at the second time it fails again…

I’m frustrated! Please, any help?

EDIT: Sorry guys I forgot to mention one thing (Maybe a very important one). When it boots well this message appears: “Checksum error – Press F1 to continue” and pressing F1 everything runs smoothly. Is a corrupted BIOS the reason for the problem?

PROBLEM SOLVED

REASON: Motherboard overheating.
SOLUTION: I followed dpalsen suggestion and put a big fan next to the motherboard. Everything runs smoothly now!

Thanks for all replies!

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