Computer Powers on, No BIOS?
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Re: Computer Powers on, No BIOS?
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This is as close as I could find;
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=1335
Please recheck the info supplied.
"And therres S/N and PID and P/N, but I dont think you need that..."
At least the P/N.........
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I guess this is it?
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/it...3302101&g=1400
Do you have another power supply yet? I (still) think we're looking at;
"...It indicates one (or more) of three main elements;
Power Supply is (partially) burned out. (It may have enough "power" left to light up some LEDS or spin a fan, but one or more of the main rails are shot. Probably your case with the info supplied thus far.)
Motherboard is damaged. (This can happen with a bad/under-powered power supply.)
CPU is damaged. (Same as above.)"
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Thats my computer lol. I'm currently trying to get one of my friends to let me borrow their PSU. But convincing a 15 year old who knows nothing about Hardware to lend their PSU to their friend is proving difficult. There's no point buying a new PSU for 50 pounds to find out that it's not a PSU related problem. I'll post again when I get a PSU. Thanks for the help so far =]
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Okay, something new. My friend said the battery might have died out, so I replaced it with a new one I bought from the store. No changes so far...
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Sorry for double post, but I forgot to mention that the light on my motherboard is orangy yellow. Probably a faulty PSU?
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If the mobo light was a different colour before, then yes, probably the P.S. A power supply tester can be purhased at any good computer store for about $20.00 (U.S.?). If you want to make that investment to check your P.S. to be sure before you shell out more for a new P.S.............
If it was the battery, when you power on, the P.S. takes over. Usually signs of a dead/weak battery are time/date wandering, and your hard disk parameters being lost (heads/sectors/cylinders). But once you power on and set things right again (disk parameters), the machine works fine as long as it's not powered down.
Last edited by Dan Penny; 26-11-2007 at 11:24 PM.
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i opened my PSU to check and see if the big cylinder thingys were damaged (forgot what they were called). But I saw no yellow stuff leaking out, and the top part wasnt popped. I took out my battery from my old computer and stuck it in this mobo, and it still don't work..
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No visual damage doesn't mean it's not bad.
(Those "cylinder thingys" are called Capacitors.) ;>)