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playdafunkimuzic

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Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 220

Computer turning on, no bios, no display, no beeps..

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I have a pentium 4 1.9ghz pc.

First, the chip was replaced, it has now been replaced 3 times, none which power on the machine (all the same configuration, 2 known to be working).

When the ram is removed, the motherboard beeps 3 times (Intel D845WN)
Ram placed back in, one at a time (3 slots, 3 sticks) nothing.

Tried 4 different video cards, 2 PCI 2 AGP.

Tried a new power supply.

Removed the cmos battery and replaced it about 5-10 minutes later.

Reset the bios through the motherboard jumpers.

Have tried to remove and reconnect all cables (IDE)

The harddrives/cdrom are all getting power, all fans are turning.

Is there anything else that I've missed? Any idea what the problem can be? Thanks.

hpestilence

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Registered: 2005-06-20

Posts: 67

Re: Computer turning on, no bios, no display, no beeps..

Have you tried after powering on waiting a second or two then hitting the reset button?

kludge

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 294

Re: Computer turning on, no bios, no display, no beeps..

ummm... sounds like your bios is fried.  had any lightning storms latetly?

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Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,563

Re: Computer turning on, no bios, no display, no beeps..

ummm... sounds like your bios is fried.  had any lightning storms latetly?

+1

Did you do anything, or did anything happen before this issue?