I am running a amd 1 ghz I built it myself. and up till now it's worked very well. One night I shut it down after returning home before i went to bed. The next morning i attempted to turn it on and to my surprise the power supply fan came one and the hard drive spun up and the cd rom lights flashed but that was as far as it got. The monitor got nothing. so i just shut it off and made sure the connections in the back were good and turned it back on. This time it started up the video card displayed it's info on the screen (normal) then it continued to start up. But as it was listing the primary slaves and secondary slaves it stopped. Not knowing what to do i turned it off and turned it back on. This time All i got was the power comming on but that was it. This is where i stand now. It's strange because my network card light isn't on... and when i popped out cards and even my ram and tried to start it (expecting to hear some beeps) I heard nothing. I was wondering if anyone can please help me with this.

Curtis Merry

hi Curtis welcome to Pc Guide.

ok take off the side of your puter and make sure that all power leads to the mobo and drives or in all the way and all cards are seated in the slots firmly.

if thats not fixed it try discouncting all drives and PCI cards, leave in graphics then reboot adding one part at a time.

if not try a new power supply.

Curtis,

Check all of your connections on the motherboard. If tight and the problem persists, check the spacers and screws that secure the motherboard to the case. It is possible that the board may not have been secured or insulated well enough and has shifted causing a short.

It is suggested frequently in this forum that you may want to remove the motherboard completely and set it on a piece of cardboard or an anti-static pad on a tabletop. Connect the CPU, RAM, HD, Floppy, CD-ROM, video card and power supply while the board is isolated from the case. See if it will boot. If so, take care to insulate the screws that secure the board to the case and secure snuggly.

If this does not work, I concur with Jiggy. It quite possibly could be the power supply.

Good luck and welcome,
ER :cool:

Which Motherboard (brand name) are you
dealing with Curtis?

Please give us all the specs on your system that
you can.


RD.