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Boot Failure, system will not Boot Up

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by tech support1

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I was connected to the internet for about 10 minutes, when the screen frooze while loading a web site, I had no choice but to power down the system. Then when I tried restarting it, it doesn't send a signal to the monitor, all I see is the power is on and I see the cpu fan running, so what can I do to fix this problem?

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by phil

If it is an atx motherboard and power supply, something you might try is to unplug the power cable from the system and push the power button a few times. This will dump any charge remaining on the motherboard

by tech support1

Hi this is an AMS power supply, Intel Mother board and P3 500Mhz CPU, though I've tried these options but it didn't work out, no signal to the monitor. By the way I have a NIC card, T.V Tuner, and ATI Rage Video Card.

by dmiles

1)Check your power supply swith to make sure that it is on and was not tripped off
2)Check the memory modules,they may have crept out the slot and could cause a problem
3)The most likely culprit is the videocard check the card to make sure that itis working properly in another machine and also you may want to try updating the driver if the card is not the problem

by tech support1

been there done that, I've removed the video card and tried two different cards, I've removed and re installed the memory, not much happened, I've also tried different power cable, not helpful, removed the T.V tuner card, still the same problem, Once I start it up all lights come up, power lights, hard drive, cd rom drives, then all quiet, and the only light I see is the power on light and I hear the CPU Fan running??? any more solutions??
Thanx

by shiltowake

You checked to be sure the video card was seated properly? Also if all this is ok then it cant be a connection problem. That leaves one other alternative. Have you tried a different monitor? Something may have gotten cooked in the monitor itself.

by shanghai sam

As I mentioned above I installed two different video cards, then I reinstalled the original card, same problem, bug if the monitor is fried out, why doesn't the pc boot up at least, it can't boot up through the floppy disk either!!!!!

by simon beck

I?ve had this prob on more than one occasion; I solve it by removing all excess cards i.e. sound card, and re-starting the system.

Add the cards one at a time powering up between. It?s normally the NIC that?s the prob.

Regards

SB

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