Help, ny system is messed???

hipster · 01-29-2009, 07:33 PM

not sure how it all works..bad MB? bad bios? dead battery? system does nothing on power-up? little led on inside for power,hdd spins in fact I used a usb/sata adapter to gain access and copy contents over to an external..YEAH!
does anyone have any ideas? I took a sata drive from reserve and that does the same?can't seem to access any bios or anything-Dell530 desktop

rjs735 · 01-30-2009, 01:36 PM

Double posting doesn't help you any faster than single.

If you were able to access your harddrive and getting some data off to a usb drive you'll have to explain this since you don't have any monitor to view what you keying and/ responses from the system. Clearly by magic.

Possible MB, CPU, HD, Power supply failure ( if you really accomplished what you stated ) then that rules out almost all of the afore mentioned components.

The trouble shooting techniques is disconnect everything HD, Floppy, CD, remove all but 1 stick of ram and see if it boots. Then if it does. add 1 item back a time until the failed component is isolated.

hipster · 01-31-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by rjs735

If you were able to access your harddrive and getting some data off to a usb drive you'll have to explain this since you don't have any monitor to view what you keying and/ responses from the system. Clearly by magic.

???not quite sure what all that meant?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjs735

Possible MB, CPU, HD, Power supply failure ( if you really accomplished what you stated ) then that rules out almost all of the afore mentioned components.

The trouble shooting techniques is disconnect everything HD, Floppy, CD, remove all but 1 stick of ram and see if it boots. Then if it does. add 1 item back a time until the failed component is isolated.

no luck..well I believe I have a bad MB..? sucks! anyway to gain access to bios/cmos settings? does not complete post....

hipster · 02-01-2009, 02:08 PM

well I've made some excellent process today,Got it to boot...appears either DVI cable or moniter circuitry.

01-29-2009, 07:33 PM	#1
hipster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 372	Help, ny system is messed??? not sure how it all works..bad MB? bad bios? dead battery? system does nothing on power-up? little led on inside for power,hdd spins in fact I used a usb/sata adapter to gain access and copy contents over to an external..YEAH! does anyone have any ideas? I took a sata drive from reserve and that does the same?can't seem to access any bios or anything-Dell530 desktop __________________ Speed & Greed can be costly! P4 2.4@3.0g 2x256 KHX PC3200 Asus P4C800-E-D stk HSF/AS5 Antec P-160w/ Vantec stealth 120mm Fortron 530w psu, Sony DRU 530a ICH5+R-striped Seagate 80's Promise Sata-mirrored Seagate 160's Promise Pata-striped Seagate 120's XPpro/SP2 bios 1014 Dell Inspiron530 surfing appliance...
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01-30-2009, 01:36 PM	#2
rjs735 Virus? What I am not sick Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,912	Re: Help, ny system is messed??? Double posting doesn't help you any faster than single. If you were able to access your harddrive and getting some data off to a usb drive you'll have to explain this since you don't have any monitor to view what you keying and/ responses from the system. Clearly by magic. Possible MB, CPU, HD, Power supply failure ( if you really accomplished what you stated ) then that rules out almost all of the afore mentioned components. The trouble shooting techniques is disconnect everything HD, Floppy, CD, remove all but 1 stick of ram and see if it boots. Then if it does. add 1 item back a time until the failed component is isolated. __________________ Asus P4S8x 2.0 Ghz Celeron Ram 512MB WDC 80GB HD SATA WDC 80GB SATA Memorex DUAL DVD/RW Win98SE/XP pro Asus P2b-F Cel 450 Ram 256MB W98 SE Optorite CDRW WD 40GB Asrock P4combo P4 346 Xp Pro Sp 3 SATA HD SATA DVD/RW Foxconn 925EX 550 XP Media SP2 Sata HD Sata DVD/RW Foxconn 925EX 550 Xp SP2 Asrock 775Dual 550 Xp pro SP2 IBM T23 1.3hz RAM 512MB XP pro SP2 All systems are networked Konica Minolta Color Laser Samsung clp-315 Color laser Dlink 655 Dlink G650 Wireless
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hipster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 372	Re: Help, ny system is messed??? well I've made some excellent process today,Got it to boot...appears either DVI cable or moniter circuitry. __________________ Speed & Greed can be costly! P4 2.4@3.0g 2x256 KHX PC3200 Asus P4C800-E-D stk HSF/AS5 Antec P-160w/ Vantec stealth 120mm Fortron 530w psu, Sony DRU 530a ICH5+R-striped Seagate 80's Promise Sata-mirrored Seagate 160's Promise Pata-striped Seagate 120's XPpro/SP2 bios 1014 Dell Inspiron530 surfing appliance... Last edited by hipster; 02-01-2009 at 05:30 PM..
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