I just purchased a used comp off ebay (probably a bad mistake) that was suppose to boot to c:. This is a AMD 1800 XP, 128 MB RADEON video card, 60 gig hardrive, CDRW, 52X CD. When I try to boot the computer the monitor light immediately goes from green to orange. The monitor works fine on my other computers. I also noticed that the video card was loose when I first got it out of the box, i secured it but then found out the problem. I have also used a video card out of another one of my comps, nVidia 32MB, and still got the same results. I can usually figure stuff like this out, but this MB is extremely complicated, and the power supply has more wires and cables than I have ever seen. I thought maybe the hardrive wasnt spinning and tried another one and still had the same result. My video card and processor fans are all running so there seems to be power. The CD drives have power. I also noticed that there is a light on the front of my case, dont know what it is, but it also turns orange. Any suggestions.
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Does the computer beep when you turn it on?
If not try this. Pull the system apart. Set the motherboard up on an antistatic surface and plug in only the powersupply, CPU with Fan, 1 stick of RAM (try different ones), video card (try both), and bothing else. Then short the power pins or connect the powerswitch and see if there is any change. Do not attach any drives or PCI cards.
If not try this. Pull the system apart. Set the motherboard up on an antistatic surface and plug in only the powersupply, CPU with Fan, 1 stick of RAM (try different ones), video card (try both), and bothing else. Then short the power pins or connect the powerswitch and see if there is any change. Do not attach any drives or PCI cards.
Well, it sounds like the Video card is the issue, make sure the card is fully seated. Also I forget to mention to clear the CMOS using the CLR CMOS jumper - move it to the clear position for several minutes, then move it back and try powering up.
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