My computer wont boot up.

[bow.bill]

Hello tech people. I've got a little problem that I hope you can help me with.

My computer wont boot up.

I switch the electricity on at the plug then I press the start button
on the computer. The green power light comes on and the red hard drive
light STAYS ON but there is no beep and the computer does not boot.
Can anybody help? Could it be a faulty push-button start switch?

Age: 5 years
O.S: Windows XP Home SP3
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 2.01GHz
RAM: 1GB

Thanks.
Bill.

[tigercat]

Sounds like a big problem, not a little one.
Are you sure the monitor is working?
You indicated turning the electricity on, can you plug the computer
into a different power outlet, only to quickly test whethet it boots.
Has your home experienced a recent blackout or power outage that may
have fried your PC?

[Mohammad AbuShady]

Well it could be a lot of things, could be the mother board, or maybe the power supply, RAMs.. well what i know for sure is that it's not a faulty power button.

~Coalwater~

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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbysymptom/ht/wontstart.htm

On Dec 9, 6:33 am, "bow.bill" <bow.b...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Bill]

I've plugged my monitor into another computer and it works fine. I've
plugged the faulty computer into a different socket but still nothing.
My home has not experienced a recent blackout or power outage. If the
red hard drive light stays on could this mean a faulty hard drive?
Thanks.
Bill.

[Mohammad AbuShady]

I think not, because a computer without a hard disk at all still
passes the initial post test, the hard disk is only accessed when the
OS starts to boot. I still think it's one of the basic hardwares i
mentioned before.

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[Alan Avery]

One way to test to see if it's the motherboard is to take out the ram then turn on the computer. If you do not hear a serious of beeps with the ram out more than likely it's a bad motherboard. The other option would be to take out the CMOS battery for about 30 mins then reinstall it and see it if comes up. If neither of these options work then your looking at a bad motherboard.

[Anvesh Saxena]

Hello fellow.
I also had the same 200% same problem with my computer with same age
as of yours and the problem was bad sectors or in short hard disk
problem. Did your computer was behaving strangely before this
happened.

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[Mohammad AbuShady]

well if that's the case then take your hard disk out a start your computer without a hard disk in it and see if any thing comes up on the screen

~Coalwater~

[Ceresia]

Take out the ram, unplug the Hard drive, take out any extra PC cards
you might have in it, unhook USB plugs if your case has them built
in. Boot the computer. If nothing shows up it is either a motheroard
or video card issue. If it does come up then start putting one piece
in at a time until it doesn't work to single out what is the issue.
Let us know the results.

[Mohammad AbuShady]

And the power supply is a possibility i think.

~Coalwater~

[Bill]

My computer has been working lately but now it won't boot at all.

When I press the power button the green power light DOES NOT come on
and the red hard drive light stays on. The CPU fan is working. The
case fan is working. The internal motherboard light (green) is on. I
have dusted out the fans and case interior. I have removed and
replaced all plugs. I have tried a different PSU but there was no
change. I removed the CMOS battery for 30 mins. And then replaced it.
I have removed the RAM sticks. I have unplugged the printer. I have
tried unplugging the DVD-ROM drive, network card, keyboard, mouse and
floppy drive but still my computer would not boot.

Can anybody help?

Thanks.

Bill.

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[Mohammad AbuShady]

Well then i guess your motherboard's life has come to an end... 

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[Anvesh Saxena]

Yeah try changing your motherboard and if still the problem persists
then as I said before by my own experience that it could be some bad
sectors creation in your hard disk

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[Hatem Nageeb]

remove any cards and the battery from ur motherboard and connect it
with power supply only and turn it on for 15 min and then turn it back
off again for 15 min and then put the CMOS jumper in CLR CMOS mode,
then run it again for 15 min, put the battery and return the CMOS
jumper into its original state. connect the processor, ram, HDD, and
VGA card again to the motherboard. if the problem still try to change
( ram, vga, hdd ) with other H\W if still the same problem burn the
MOTHERBOARD and buy a new " compatible " PC .

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[padamaraj Bhokare]

Hi,bill,

Push button is not faulty.Check Monitor is ON,Check monitor is properly connected to PC.

Send more details about monitor.Monitor may be faulty.Listen PC beep care fully,

Padmraj Bhokare

India

http://www.padmbhushan.info

[Mohammad AbuShady]

Yea well if you read the past posts, he already checked the monitor, and he already said that there is no beeps.

~Coalwater~

[tigercat]

Below is something I'm passing along that I found on the net - good
luck:

http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/red-light-stays-on/56533.html

"If you can temporarily borrow a known working PS, try connecting that
first.
Yes, the red hd activity led lighting up and staying on can indicate a
faulty hard drive, but that does NOT cause no boot and no display, and
it can also light up and stay on because the hd is not getting enough
of one of it's two required voltages (the led requires only one of
them) or another problem such as a poor connection of the ram, or if
you have been fiddling with the hard drive's data cable, it can be
because of an improper connection of the data cable (the connector can
sometimes be installed backwards) or a damaged data cable.
If you haven't been fiddling with connections inside the case, the
most likely thing is the power supply is failing.

The green led not lighting up is not normal, but it could be it has
been displaced from where it is mounted, and it is lighting up but you
just can't see it."

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