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by seamanab

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I use a Compaq 5000WV257.Worked fine and this morning it powered up but nothing else happened.I don't even have anything on monitor.Tried new HDD and RAMs.Also tried monitor on another computer and it worked fine.Is this a power supply problem,CPU or Motherboard problem?TIA...Bert

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by an_it_guy

Check display adapter pins & display cable -whether it is connecting properly. Re-seat the display adapter.

by connectknee

I would pull the video card out and restart the computer. If nothing happens, replace video card and pull cpu out. Test cpu to see if it is working or replace it with a good cpu.

Paul

by opatzg9

Check your fans, if they're running so's your power supply. Reconnect all connections and reseat all cards, sometimes cards rise up in their slots and a aprtial connection will fail your boot up. Can you hear the hard drives spinning? Good Luck!

by opatzg9

One other thing I've been hearing more of lately is CPU's which were not properly seated in their socket. Take it apart and make sure it was seated properly. Don't forget your wrist strap grounding.

by denej2213

if checking the video doesn't help at all, this time try checking the memory module, reseat the memory. It happened to me before and reseating the memory helped.

by denej2213

if checking the video doesn't help at all, this time try checking the memory module, reseat the memory. It happened to me before and reseating the memory helped.

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