HAY GUYS

Mucknuggle · 02:36 PM

so it was working fine yesterday before I turned it off. Today, I received a new monitor from Dell, so I hooked it up by switching the DVI cable to the new one and then I turned my computer on. The image appeared on the monitor, but it seems to have frozen on the initial BIOS boot up screen. I don't hear any funny noises and it's not responsive to any keyboard commands. I tried to hard reset a few times and got no improvement. Turning it off and on also didn't help. I tried switching back to the old monitor set up and it was still the same thing.

Any idea where the problem is? I really hope that I don't need to buy a new motherboard/cpu or anything else.

thx,
Muck

EDIT - and if I do need to buy new mobo/cpu - what would you recommend (I have an AGP video card, but I could always buy a new one)? I just need something simple for office work, watching movies, mp3s, etc...

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Kaleb.G · Local time: Apr 8, 2008, 01:21 PM

Are you getting any beep codes when you turn on your computer?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Mucknuggle · Apr 8, 2008, 05:54 PM

Beep codes? I'm pretty sure it does it's usual single beep... if I hold down delete as I turn it on it doesn't even make it into the BIOS setup - it's frozen before that.

pretty sure the mobo/cpu are fried or something. I'll try dusting them on the weekend - I haven't cleaned inside the case in a while, maybe that will help... (though I doubt it).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

^-^ · Local time: Apr 8, 2008, 05:57 PM

open up the case, pull out the battery on your motherboard and wait for 5 minutes. then put the battery back in, and try starting back up again.

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LiquidAcid · Local time: Apr 9, 2008, 12:15 AM

Don't do that: can corrupt BIOS memory even more. Just switch the BIOS reset jumper on your mainboard, wait and set it back.

I was speaking idiomatically.

^-^ · Local time: Apr 8, 2008, 06:48 PM

Welp, I give up, LA knows more.

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Mucknuggle · Apr 8, 2008, 08:07 PM

BIOS reset jumper??? By wait, you mean how long?

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LiquidAcid · Local time: Apr 9, 2008, 07:11 AM

Five seconds should do it. Look for the words "reset" on your mainboard. Something alike should be printed near the jumper.

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mortis · 04:54 AM

One could also use the motherboard's documentation to find out where it is, right LA?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

LiquidAcid · Local time: Apr 9, 2008, 11:06 AM

Sure, but Murphy's law states that everytime you need to look up something in your mainboard handbook you are unable to find it! ;-D

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Mucknuggle · 06:18 PM

EDIT:

I opened the case, pulled the HDD out of their trays and put them back in and now the computer is mysteriously working again. Yay! I have no idea what happened...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.