Computer is turning on, not booting, monitor is blank?

Question

Recently my homemade computer stopped working when I tried to install a cd drive from my old computer into it. I must have knocked off the cpu fan. Once I reattached it the computer worked fine. I'm not sure if that is related to this. About a week later, it randomly froze and I shut it off. When I came back later, I tried to turn it on and the monitor stayed blank. The case lights turn on, cd drive works, fans spin, etc. There is not the usual diagnostic beep during start up. I tried booting with different psu, without hd, dvd, or usb devices plugged in. I also tried booting with the system disk and the same thing happened. I dont have another gfx card to test with so that is the last thing I want to test besides the motherboard. Anyone have any suggestions?

ASUS P5K-E / WiFi-AP
Intel Core2Duo E6300 (1.86 Ghz)
2gb ocz nvidia ram
ATI x1650 pro pci-e vid card

let me know if you have any suggestions or need clarification on anything. Thanks.

Answer 1

Sounds like you didn't re-seat the fan properly, and probably didn't insulate the processor from the heat sink properly when you reseated the fan. No beeps is usually dead processor, from my experience, and dead processors are usually a result of improper heat conveyance.

Answer 2

Two suggestions here.

Turn the PC off.
Disconnect the power cord.
Hold the turn on button in for about 10 to 15 seconds. This will discharge all components on the motherboard.
Reinstall the power cord.
Reboot the PC.

If that doesn't work, try the following repair installation of XP/Vista.

REPAIRING OR REINSTALLING WINDOWS XP


Turn your PC on and insert the Windows XP disk into the CD/DVD drive.

Reboot/restart the PC. This will cause the PC to boot from the XP disk and not the hard drive..

Allow the PC to run the boot up sequence. It will stop at a “black and white” screen and there will be an option to select a “repair” installation or a “full” installation.

NOTE:

If you simply want to repair/fix any and all corrupted and/or problem XP files select the “repair” option. This will only rewrite the XP files and will not affect any of your personal files or software on your PC.

If you want to Format the hard drive and rebuild it completely select the “full” installation option. Be aware that with this option you will “erase” all the files and software on that hard drive.


Select either the “repair” or “full” installation option and simply let the software run. Follow any onscreen prompts that may appear, especially during the “full” installation.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

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