computer wont do anything

[Maverick54]

My brother has a packard bell pc and he went to turn it on and it did not do anything. The monitor stayed black but the light stayed on in orange.
I tryed to put a boot disk in and nothing happened.the screen just stayed black.So we brought it over to my house and the monitor works fine on my pc. I opened up his pc and turned it on and all i could see running was the fan for the cpu. The HD i could not hear running i am really lost at this . Iam new to computers and do not know much about them can some one help me on this matter.

Glad i found this place

and i hope that everybody has a very happy new year

Maverick54 http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

[David]

A couple of theories:

1) If the power supply has a 115/230v voltage switch, is it set to the right position?

2) Bad power supply?

3) Might be a poor power connection to the HDD or mainboard. (without them connected, a power supply might have a safety underload shutdown feature that is triggering.)

4) Might be a short or overload-type fault in a drive or mainboard, causing the power supply to shut down.

Those are a few theories.. If you're not familiar with basic computer servicing, please read up on the appropriate precautions before digging in. Especially, use a power strip to cut the power, and don't run the power supply without an appropriate load, and observe ESD precautions.

David

[Maverick54]

Thank you very much for your answer david i will try them out.Like i said i very new to this stuff and want to learn about computer repair i find it
very interesting and want to learn. I am happy i found this sight maybe i can learn how to fix them on here i hope.


Have a very happy new year david
Maverick54

[Jumby]

And ground yourself first before touching anything inside the case.

[Pitz]

unplug the HD ribbon cable and turn it on, if it beeps, check the cable to see if it's backwards, this will cause a "no post" nowadays. if not, pull all cards and HD ribbon cable and try it. if you post, then a bad card is sitting on the table next to you. reinstall one at a time until you put the bad card in.