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by manm

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A student of mine is building a computer for his senior project. He has a M2N-SLI Asus motherboard and an ATI Radeon 9250 pci video card. His power supply is 500w. When he turns the computer on this is what happens: fans turn on, the green light on the motherboard is on. The HDD and DVD turn on and the HDD spins. Nothing comes up on the monitor. Video card works in other computers. There are no beeps because no internal speaker. Does anyone have any ideas I could pass on to him.

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by larryd4

Pull all card and peripherals. You just want power. motherboard and vid card if neccessary. You can even pull the RAM if you want.

Power up the board, if it beeps at you and you get a post boot screen. Then you know its not the MB. If it doesn't beep at you, you know you have a MB problem.

If it does beep at you shut it down and plug each component and repeat.

Hard drive
then power on, if its good then
CD/DVD Rom drive
then power on, if its good then
etc...

This way you narrow down the hardware item with the problem.

by the scummy one

plug in an internal speaker!

I am suspecting either a cheap power supply or a bad motherboard. Does another video card work in it? Maybe a pci-e?

by manm

He thinks the CPU needs to be replaced.

by 1bn0

Motherboard
CPU
FAN FOR CPU - REQUIRED!!!!!!!!
Memory

If there is no onboard video, then you need a video card. (Note: On board video usually requires a memory chip in the first memory slot)

place the motherboard on a non-conducting surface. Connect the power and a monitor.

Boot the motherboard.

If you do not get the bios boot screens then you likely have a defective component.

Start with a different memory ship or different video. A basic video card will at least tell you if the machine boots. Then go to the better video card once you have established the base system.

by manm

I passed along all the suggestions. He is thinking it might be the CPU. He ordered a new one, and I'll let you know if that works. Thank you, everyone, for all the advice. It was very much appreciated. (esp. since senior projects are due next week.)

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