I recenty pulled out an old hard drive and put it in a new dell tower. This tower didnt have a processor so i got one and applied the thermal greese and installed it. I have the fowllowing installed: 2 sticks of 256gb ram, a intell premuim processor, 40 gb hard drive, Floppy A disk, CD writer. After turning on my computer my screen resviece no signal. I have tried replacing everything except for the processsor. I tried a new moniter, ram, motherboard, hard drive.
2007-08-30 01:05:31 · 4 answers · asked by markoiskander 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Try a bare minimum set up. No HDD, FDD or CD drive and just 1 stick RAM. Bare set up should be able to POST and open BIOS menu. Then reconnect each device one at a time, HDD first.
If still no signal w/ bare set up, check if power supply fan and processor fan are spinning. If spinning but no signal, processor could be defective. To confirm if processor is dead, run bare set up w/out RAM. You should get the endless beeps. If no beeps, processor is dead.
2007-08-30 01:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key to troubleshooting is three words "reduce the variables". Strip it down to the bare minimum:
Motherboard
CPU w/ heatsink and fan
known good video card
One stick of RAM, tested in another machine.
That all you need to get a POST
NOTHING ELSE. No mouse, no keyboard, no drives.
Plug a known good monitor into it and power it up and see if you get a POST. If it does, then add components in one at a time until you find the culprit. If it still does not post, you have a bad CPU of motherboard, or possibly a bad Power supply.
2007-08-30 01:28:04 · answer #2 · answered by ForbiddenPC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming you put in a processor that is compatible with the motherboard. Have you checked your power supply? You may have a DOA.
2007-08-30 01:12:39 · answer #3 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you try a new power supply?
2007-08-30 02:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋