Acer Travelmate 4200 Sound Drivers

The Acer TravelMate 4200 is a 15.4-inch business laptop, Intel’s widely adopted Intel Core Duo T2300 processors, up to 2GB of RAM, and various storage choices including up to 200-GB hard drive and up to 80GB solid state drive, plus additional flash-based cache for improved responsiveness. Graphics is either the basic integrated Intel GMA 950. The screen can be either a 1280 x 800 panel. The following drivers,software and user manual are compatible with your Acer TravelMate 4200 notebook and compatible with Windows 7 And XP. Wireless LAN Driver Atheros 4.10.40.0 VGA Driver NVIDIA 8.4.8.5 TV Tuner Driver liteon 1.3.4.3 Touchpad Driver Synaptics 8.2.19.0 Modem Driver Conexant 7.62.00.00 LAN Driver Broadcom 8.48.0.0 FIR Driver SMSC 6.0.4000.1 Chipset Driver Intel 8.0.1.1002 Card Reader Driver ENE 5.1.2600.2010 Camera Driver Logitech 10.4.0.1319 Bluetooth Driver Broadcom 5.0.1.1500 Audio Driver Realtek 5.10.0.5273.

Hello, I've had my desktop computer for about one year now. It is an Acer Aspire E380. On Saturday afternoon, it was going a bit slow so I decided to restart it. However, once it turned off, it will no longer turn on and boot up.

The power button usually lights up, but now it does not. But, the decorative words 'Aspire' at the bottom of the tower still lights up. The DVD drive still opens, and a few lights blink on start up as usual. The screen is blank. All of the fans seem to go, except for one. It is the one in the center of the computer on top of a group of metal prongs.

It spins upon power up but stops. The power supply fan runs, the other fan runs too. I have made sure everything is plugged in, and tried plugging it into different outlets. I can't boot from a CD, the keyboard doesn't turn on and neither does the mouse. As far as starting up goes, everything sounds normal. No beeps or clicks to hint at harddrive failure.

Sometimes when I try to start it up nothing comes on but the center fan on the metal prongs (the one that would run for only a few seconds) goes on full blast until I turn it off. If everything seems to be going, what is stopping it from booting up? NOTE: Before making any attempt to remove or replace any part inside the casing, ensure that the power is off. Well, the first thing that might be causing this is your memory card (RAM). Try to remove it and place it in another memory slot on the motherboard.

Aug 31, 2016. The Acer TravelMate 4200 is a 15.4-inch business laptop, Intel's widely adopted Intel Core Duo T2300 processors, up to 2GB of RAM, and various storage choices including up to 200-GB hard drive and up to 80GB solid state drive, plus additional flash-based cache for improved responsiveness.

To be sure if your motherboard is still in good working condition, remove the memory card and power on the PC.You should hear continuous beep sounds. If you hear this then your motherboard is fine.

If placing the memory card in another slot does not work then the problem lies with the memory card itself. You will need to replace it. It could also be that some faulting PCI cards are causing this error. Try to remove your PCI cards. Normally a faulting PCI modem causes this type of error. Remove it and then power on the pc.

The processor cannot be faulty but still if you want to check it, remove the CPU Cooler fan. Then turn on the PC. Place your finger on the processor for 2 seconds. You should find the processor heating up. Then turn it off immediately. If this works then your processor is good.

Remember not to leave it ON for more than 5 secs. Well, you are right dear. These continuous beep sounds indicate the absence of memory card in the motherboard.

If you read my last post, you'll see that this is part of my explanation to test if your motherboard and processor are both in good working condition. Perhaps you are having static problem with the memory card. Well, here is how to proceed: You'll need an eraser, I guess you know what this is. The one which students use.

Yes, in fact you'll need the eraser to remove the static energy found on your memory card. You'll have to rub the eraser on the gold plated part of the memory card (on both sides). That is the part which come into contact with the internal pins in the memory slot on the motherboard. Well, it's not magic. This is how it is done.

Then place it back into the memory slot. It should work. If this also does not work then you need to purchase another memory card because if the above fails then you know this one is faulty. DJ AKSHAY, I generally don't reply on forums after I go to them to investigate whichever tech crisis I find myself in.

Instead I take it for granted that the great ether of the internet will provide, as though it was assumed on my part that I was entitled an answer. But it would appear that I now have to let slip that convent illusion as I push aside the veil and thank you, as the person, for supplying me with the answer to my problem. My back-up PC, which I keep for XP reasons, worked fine when last I left it, however when I came back to it today the mouse, keyboard, and monitor were not working (no external input/output devices) and that the tower kept beeping on power up. I thought that it had to be the power supply or that some malicious program was gobbing the memory on start-up.

However, upon reading your very thorough breakdown of the possible avenues of component failure I realized it was probably the ram, and sure enough after I used an eraser on the gold tines of the ram the computer rebooted fine. So in summation, thank you for your considered and considerate advise. Now if you will excuse my absence I must be off to attend an askewed veil. Yours Truly, Noble_Yorik. Hi, I was hoping to fix a laptop (Acer Travelmate 4101WLMi) and I have read all your excellent advice and did the steps. If the Charge indicator is ON then the adaptor must be good. If it does not charge then either the battery is faulty or there is a problem with the motherboard.

If the system does not power on properly, you will not get any display. But if the battery is faulty, when you plug the adaptor, it must power up. Try testing the volt output on the adaptor pin which connects into the laptop with the help of a voltmeter.

This is to verify if the adaptor is giving proper voltage. Check adaptor output specification on the adaptor itself then inform me.

Hey DJ AKSHAY. I'm going out of my mind here, 3 days ago, I restarted my PC and had all the wonderful symptoms of the other people in this forum, I researched all the hassles and the first thing I did was change the Power Suppy (ATX 450watte) as I read that a weak voltage link could be the culprit. No luck - exactlty the same problem. I have changed my RAM, taken out all non essential PCI cards including PCI E's, taken the RAM out altogether (no post beeps occuring), Unplugged HDD's and changed them around.

Eventually, I went out and bought a new ASUS P5 main board AND a new CPU (2.2 Dual Core Intel), and was 100% sure this would work and happy to have more power anyway. Popped everything together with a new power supply and again, the same results - HDD light comes on and stays solid, all fans work, same old story. Again, I took out the RAM, changed the RAM, took out all non essential cards, tried the onboard VGA instead of the PCI E, nothing I'm begginning to think that I am PC jinxed. Please throw some of your astute brain cells my way and see if you could shed some light here? Would really appreciate it.

Cheers, Craig. Have you used a new memory card? By the way, the new P5 Motherboard and Dual Core CPU, when you connect it with the power supply without the memory card. Does it give the continuous beep sounds? Remember to connect an internal speaker to be able to hear the beep sounds. If you have purchased new parts, they cannot be faulty. When you turn on the system with the memory card in, and after pushing the power button, if the system is working, you'll be able to turn on and off the CAPS & Num LOCK Key.

Just turn the keys on and off and if the lights go ON and OFF then your system is working. You might be having a problem either with the monitor or with the graphics card. Inform me about the results.

I also have this same problem. Just yesterday I turn the PC on, screen is black for a few seconds to a minute, then it starts. But I go to the bathroom and when I come back it's restarted! It got stuck on the very first screen. I even wait for 5 minutes and it's still on that screen. I press F2 to go to the BIOS settings but nothing.

It just froze. So I hit reset and the PC still powers up, lights blink and all, but no boot up.

Not even the initial screen anymore. No usual beep, nothing. I wait and wait. I press the CAPS and Num Lock keys and no light from my keyboard; could that be a motherboard problem? Help would be appreciated. I got a lot of files that need backing up, lol. Just a friendly reminder.

' If you have purchased new parts, they cannot be faulty. ' This is not and cannot ever be true. Any part ever made has the possibility of being a malfunctioning part before it ever leaves the store shelf.

As a computer tech, and owner of my own computer repair and sales store, I have witnessed this time and time again as I have order 'new' parts and they have been faulty. Not to yank your chain as it were, just a friendly reminder that 'new' stuff is not ALWAYS new. Have a nice day. Hey Have you solved your problem, I got exactly the same problem on my Acer Aspire laptop.

I press the power button, see my power light coming up, I hear everything starting: fans, cd-drive. But after a few seconds everything stops working and my screen stays black. When I press my power button, my pc stops immediately, I don't have to press it for like 5 seconds. It all started when I was surfing the internet, my screen went red-black for a few seconds and eventually staid black.

Couldn't do/see anything. So I pressed the power button to shut it down, restarted everything went fine till I was logged in, then the screen goes black again. Restart one time more, I reach the bios and the it goes black again. From that moment, my PC wont start anymore, not even a flashing screen, nor a beep. Hey DJ, I've ran into some serious problems with my comp. I started getting BSODs so I took procedures liek checking my CPU temp to make sure its not overheating.

I bought some new ram, stuck it in there but I still got the freezes and the BSODs. I took the ram back and exchanged it for a new HDD. I put the new HDD in and it worked for a few hours, it actually let me install windows and a few other things before it started to freeze again. I checked event logs and it had a lot of cd-rom errors. I then changed the cd-rom to see if that was the problem but the problem remains. Now I cant even get windows to boot up.

When I start my computer up I see the motherboard logo and then it attempts to boot up windows but its no good. Please help, I dont know what to do anymore. Florida, USA. Other side of the world from the land of the Dodo I'm afraid. Unfortunately, i'm still stuck. I had the same problem (no usb, monitor etc.).

At first I powered down, bled power and it would get to the 'Sorry, windows did not shut down.Safemode.last known.and the countdown' page but no matter if I let it rundown or picked an option it would lock up. Then after a few tries it went back to no monitor, no USB Etc.

I Unplugged everything, even the hard drive, battery reset etc. Pulled memory, beeped ok. The Eraser trick got everything to fire up, but it still hung at the countdown page. I downloaded a Memory Test Image, but it locked up each time during the test. Now here is where it gets interesting. I'm running a hp Media, XP with an ASUS PTGD-LA Mobo.

Everything is stock, no mods. Came with 2, 512 memory.

I went and bought a new 1 gig memory for it (has four slots and can take 4 gigs total). Put in just the new memory Boom! The Computer worked like new, everything great. That was yesterday evening.

This morning, it was just the fans running full speed, and when I tried to restart, it hangs at the countdown page. Two things: 1. Can something be killing the memory? I really believe that if I buy another memory, I can get it to work long enough to pull off my info.

Also the Two Jumpers to clear out Bios.My board has just pins, no jumpers at all. Thanks - JSR.

Hi bro, whats up? Well, the problem with your system hanging / restarting is all about defective memory card.

It can also be that the Windows is corrupt (some files missing), it might be that you have a bad sector in the hard disk and windows is not being able to access its files. I would recommend you backup your important data by taking the hard disk to another PC and connecting it externally by connecting it via an IDE/USB cable or an external enclosure. If you don't have another PC to do this then you can always ask for help from a friend or relative. After backup, perform a FULL FORMAT with the hard disk.

Then re-install Windows. If still you get this hanging error then the memory card needs to be changed. I believe you have got a new memory card so I understand that this cannot be faulty. DJ, Just a note to follow up. Problem finally solved. In the end it was a bad moterboard. I don't know why it started working then stopped, but after trying Bios Battery, Cmos reset, processor test, two different new memory cards, and another processor (which is way faster than my old one:) ), Process of elimination and Ebay, I got a new mobo.

When I got the old one out and could inspect it, at least 3 capacitors ( I think they are little brown cylinders) were blown and leaking. So it was giving me different problems: sometimes I could get into bios setup, sometimes just fans, sometimes no fans, sometimes windows would hang at the startup screen etc. Perjalanan Seorang Prajurit Para Komando Pdf Files. Now everything is working fine.

Hopefully this helps someone else. Since my machine is older, the mobo only cost $60, less than it would be to have someone try and re-solder them, and who knows what else is wrong with it. Thank you again for taking the time to help so many people. (lurkers included). My son has built a computer from scratch and the first 2 PSUs were faulty - so we used the old PSU and up until now it has worked fine - but tonight I put in a brand new PSU and the computer only booted as far the motherboard startup page and no further! So I tried the memory eraser - and yes I worked BUT windows XP showed the opening page but then wouldn't run. So I turned off and back on and this time it's reverted back to the frozen Motherboard page.

So is this a memory card, PSU or Motherboard fault? - please help. Thanks Rick - UK (00:20). DJ, you're the best! 4 months ago, I was switching the graphic cards on my PC. After a few switches, the computer suddenly wouldn't boot up as many described here. Power was on, HD was running, but screen had no signal.

I switched back to the original graphic card but the result was the same. I though I had fried my graphic card slot or even the motherboard. It was devastating. A few days ago, I thought I would give it another try before buying another computer at Christmas (yes, I have to wait until Christmas:o ) and search on the Internet for the symptoms and I found you!

I was laughing at the eraser on memory idea when you mentioned it, but then I saw others fixing their similar problems with it. I was astounded and would give it a try.

And voila, my dead computer came back to live! I read the rest of the posts and know that you are really the best. You helped so many others. Thanks a ton for helping me, too. I have a weird situation here. I was burning a cd with Nero, it stuck @ 5% and my computer was stucking.

So I hit the restart button and from that, nothing come on the screen. Tried all sort of things. RESET CMOS, REMOVING MEMORY, UNPLUGGING ALL DEVICES, REMOVING CMOS BATTERY, TRIED POWER SUPPLY IN ANOTHER SYSTEM AND IT WORKED, TRIED ANOTHER MEMORY, but nothing happened. The boot and reset light just stays on when I turn on the system, no picture, no sound.WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM. HELP ME PLEASE. Dear DJ AKSHAY, I am facing the same problem.My machine started freezing on desktop screen during the day but night is fine.

After powering it off I swapped the memory but wount boot to post screen but HDD and cdrom power up (same case as Nickname: CRM senario). I will try eraser trick.I suspect since I hadnot unplugged VGA monitor cable that caused the static electricity as using pc100 (128MB) still wount boot. Tower Specifications: Fujistu siemens tower P3 800MHZ tower. 2 ram pc133: 128MB: 256MB doesnot produce any beep with OR without memory. Dip switches.

Motherboard: fujistu siemens. Can u get fujistu siemens motherboard manual they have no online manual. Hallo ALL, Thanks for your replies.I had given 2 different technician to check on the motherboard and they could not identify the problem.I took up the problem in search for a solution.

The 800MHZ cerelon processor ) had been damaged,The motherboard (used for a 1yr 6 months) (second hand) works with 1000MHZ (UPGRADE) but wont accept another 800mhz processor (strange). The only error received is 'cpu patch is not installed' but I changed on bios not to halt on error'. CAUSE: THE CPU POWER SUPPLY FAN (ALSO COOLS THE PROCESSOR) HAD FAILED THUS CAUSING PROCESSOR TO OVERHEAT. I have added processor fan and replaced faulty power supply fan.NOW AM UP AND RUNNING. Hope this will help someone else.

Hey - I'm having a similar problem with a dell dimension 8110. It shut down one day and all of a sudden wouldnt power back up. I've replaced power supply, mobo, and processor. It powers back on now and hdd spins up but no video at all, no beep, no POST, it just sits there and makes a 'dial tonish' sounding noise from the onboard pc spkr. There are 4 lights on the back A, B, C, & D -All are green except 'B' and have looked and looked.

Found manuals on this mobo but no description as to what it could be - also tried other RAM and no effect. PAWEEEEESE HEEEEWWWWWLLLPP MEE!!!! I just wanted to say that I did the eraser trick and it worked for me! I just couldn't believe it, but it solved all my problems. My computer would power on, then power off on its own just a few seconds later then power on again.

Then,nothing else. I mean, the HDD's seemed to work, the CD/DVD worked, but I got no picture on the monitor and no sound (beep).

I switched my video card with one from another desktop and it didn't change anything. I checked all the connections and I checked for dust, but nothing worked. In the end, I tried the eraser not really beliving it would make the computer work, but I didn't have much to lose and THANK GOD I DID IT!!! I'm still a bit sceptical about the eraser removing static electricity. I think it might be just that the gold plated part of the memory stick was too dirty and cleaning it did the trick.

Maybe it is the static electricity, but anyway, I don't really as long as my computer works fine. DJ Akshay or more appropriately Lord Akshay. I am a press the button and the pc powers up and works perfectly kind of gal, so I'm certainly not one to go digging around inside of my pc. Out of curiousity I google 'no signal screen message...' To find questions and comments that match the problems I am having.

I read about your eraser cure and figure what do I have to lose? I followed your instructions about taking an eraser to the 'mother' and voila! I bow to you Lord Akshay;-) Thank you.

Hi DJ Akshay I am a student who is in sydney recently I took an old computer from my highschool that they wer going to throw away. It had xp on but needed a password so I reformatted hdd and tried installing xp home but setup froze so I shut it off from the buton under the power button with a and when I restarted it started beeping before booting up. Then the next day I took out ram, agp card, cd, floppy, cpu, and cmos battery and reinserted them but then it wouldn't beep even if I took out the ram plus I couldn't hear the post beep sound. The specs of the machine are Made by Optima Computer, 384mb sdram (1X128mb+1X256mb), 1.6GHZ pentium 4 cpu, ASUS P4B-MX Motherboard. I tried your eraser trick but with no luck. The motherboard has a green light lit up when the power cord is connected and when the power switch is on. Please help me as this is my only computer and I need it for work.

Thanks Karthik P.S: Feel free to email me on subject with provided email address. ERASER TRICK WORKED FOR ME.

Who would think the problem was something I couldn't physically see (static electricity)? My PC would eventually boot up after numerous power on/off. I removed the modem which I have no use for (and you said could be the source of this issue) and also removed the ram and ran an eraser off a #2 pencil across all the gold pins. Put everything back together (minus the modem) and my PC boot right up first try. I noticed this issue when I would try to restart the PC and it would begin it's shutdown process - screen would go blank (monitor would go to 'sleep') - and the case would stay on with all lights, fans, and drives running.

After using the eraser trick my PC restarts as it should and no longer needs multiple power on/off to boot. Thank you for the helpful hints - navyguy My PC: New in 2007 HP S3100n AMD 4000+, Upgrade to 4gb Kingston RAM, Upgrade to EVGA 8400gs Video card, and running Vista Home Premium 64bit. Ok, I have the same problem. I have a P5N MB. Unit powers on, no boot up.

If I remove the memory cards, I should hear the beeps. If not, I have a MB problem, correct? If it does, I should replace the memory cards and then remove the video card and try again. At this point, am I waiting for beep again?

This unit is only a few months old and was shipped to me from a friend. I have a feeling its the MB, as I've read some not so great reviews on the P5N MB's. Is there any way I can determine if it is definitely the MB, or did a wire come loose during shipping?

Just a thought. Thanks in advance for your help. Are you having this problem since you received the motherboard?

The processor you are using, did you receive it along with your motherboard? Do you hear the continuous beep sound when you remove the memory card, if not then the problem lies either with the motherboard or with the processor. Give me the motherboard's model and everything which is written on your Processor. Give me feedback on the above for me to be able to help you further but don't worry, I have seen all kinds of problems in my life. By the way I am a specialist for ASUS Motherboard in Mauritius. Reviews are there to tell you what faults this motherboard might have during use. Took out the memory sticks and no beeps.

So, we're on to the next step. So, the way that I understand it, is the the motherboard or processor is the issue.

Are there any other test to do, or things to look for that may have come 'undone' during transit? I hope so, I really like that computer, but again, the more I read about the P5N T Deluxe, the more I'm not liking it.

The system info is: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor Asus P5N-T Deluxe 780 SLI motherboard 2 x 2GB Kingston RAM BFG 8800GTS OC 320MB Video Card (2 x DVI) w/aftermarket cooler Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme Heatsink and Fans (3). On your motherboard, there are 4 pins from your power supply which connect in there. The colour which you will see is a pair of 2 yellow and 2 black wires next to each other. You should have 12 volts while checking with a voltmeter. The yellow is for +ve and the black wire for -ve. Check if this is working because this is the source power which gives display on your motherboard.

Have you performed the processor test? Does it heat up when you remove the fan and press the power switch on your casing. Perform these tests and inform me about the results. I'm having the same issue as the last person, I have nowhere to plug in the 4-pin black and yellow wires into the motherboard.

The computer's fans turn on, the power light comes on but there is no activity happening. Then after about 2 secs it beeps, 2 secs later it beeps again and keeps doing this until I turn it off. I have an emachine that I'm fixing up for my dad. The computer model number is H2341. I know the hard drive is working because I just took it out of another computer and it was working fine. Please help me. My email address is Email id removed for security.

We need HELP, in a bad way. We rely on our computer for homeschooling our 4 children, and it won't boot up! We bought a dell XPS 630i only about 6 months ago, but of course it only has a 3 months warranty, and they will not help us at all. One day we suddenly got a BSOD. Nothing would work. In the BIOS, it didn't even recognize the main hard drive, like it wasn't there. HOWEVER, I install Ubuntu on that drive and it boots up fine.

We just would prefer Vista because a lot of the programs we have don't run on Linux, plus it couldn't find the wireless card in Linux, and so on. I attached the main SATA cable to the other hard drive in an attempt to get VISTA installed on that drive. Still blue screen. I pulled the old drive's connections completely (although it's still in the system atm), and guess what? It starts up without a BSOD, and tries to load Vista from the disk, but now it says it needs drivers, which we cannot find at all on any of the disks dell gave us. And we even manually tried to place drivers on.

Nothing, no luck. And I suspect the old hard drive is fine, because Ubuntu worked on it.

We can't figure out which motherboard the computer uses. Dell won't tell us (this is the last time we EVER buy from Dell). We're at a loss. Can you help? I have an old Gateway computer (2001) with a similar problem.

I hit the power on button. It goes through bootup sequence, looks like its going to boot up properly since everything lights up and disk drives work. The only problem is the cpu fan is not working and it does not boot up. After multiple attempts, some times 20 or more, it finally goes back to normal where the cpu fan starts working and the boot up sequence is completed. At that point it works fine for a week, day or an hour before it freezes up.

Then sometimes it boots right up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the power on light comes on amber not green. What you said makes a lot of sense.

I guess I can buy any P4 compatible cpu fan. I tried your MB test and removed the memory modules and I did get a beep so I guess that means the MB is good. I also noticed when the machine freezes up that the fan is spinning like normal and the machine does not shut itself off. The only other thing I notice is that the power supply does not sound even it seems to fluctuate from a steady hum to where it sounds like its reving up and dieing back. Do you think the power supply might also be bad? I have the same problem. I think it didn't shut down all the way last night.

It does the preliminary & quickly gives the option for the F12 or F2 options but it doesn't work if you try, it just goes to the blank screen. I have a flashing cursor but it won't allow you to type & does not move. When I try to shut down my computer it's as if it's going to sleep or simply restarting, never completely shutting down.

However, it will if I hold the power button in long enough (It's really pretty long comparatively speaking) I unplugged from the wall it to see if that would work but even yet sometimes it still goes back to the cursor & black screen & doesn't even seem to start the boot up process. I had this same problem about a year ago & I took it in. The tech said there was nothing really wrong with it, it was just overloaded & from then on it booted up & has worked just fine. Cost me $75 for that.

I ran a registry cleaner last night & when it was finished I went through the steps to shut it down but I left before the process had completed. This morning the CPU was frozen & when I restarted it, this is where I am. Not to backtrack, last time right before this happened my CD Rom & DVD-RW drives stopped working. I want to clean it of all my pics & short home movie clips but it's really not that low on memory, and now I can't get it to recognize a cd or dvd to write to in the drive. I don't think is shouldn't be doing this with 38 percent memory free. Now, my laptop, that's another story. Every time I remove something it seems as if I lose memory, I never have extra space as I figured I would.

Sorry it's so long, I'm having multiple issues here I guess. Please help me with these without losing everything on my CPU.

I REALLY can't afford the $75 right now. Concerning your PC, you need to disconnect the cables on your hard disk. Then power on the PC, you should get a message as follows: Insert Boot Device and Press any key. (something like this) If you see this, Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to restart your PC and press the F2 function key repeatedly to enter The motherboard's BIOS.

Under the Main menu, you should see the names of your CD-ROM and DVD-RW Drives. This means that BIOS detects the two O.D.D. And possible some corrupt files in Windows operating system are causing this error. Turn off your PC. Re-connect your Hard Disk by connecting back the cables and power on the PC. Press F2 again repeatedly to enter BIOS.

Now you should be able to see the Hard Disk name also under the Main Menu. Go under Boot Settings/ (for some models you need to go to Advanced Options to find Boot Settings) Make sure that the first boot device is your H.D.D. Press F10 to save changes and exit, press Y for YES.

Give me feedback if everything is working as mentioned above so that I can tell you the next steps to follow. Thank you Dj, I decided to chek if everything is working properly ie, motherboard test and CPU, I removed the RAM and powered on the laprop, I did not hear any beeps, I know how them bips sounds like so I was sure there is no beep. Does that mean that my Motherboard is Dead>???

If yes what is the best option. The laptop is Acer Aspire 3500, with serial number LXAXE0C00834, AMDSampron 1.8MHtz.

It was formerly Vista but for some reasons the owner did not like it and Installed XP in it, it worked fine for more than six months. Now its not booting up any CP, I tried the BIOS settings to read DVD RW first and saved the settings, powered on the laptop but same thing happened.

It restarts again and again. I am hoping you can help me. I have been reading some of your info on this site and have been impressed with your knowledge. I have a acer e380. Its 2 years old and has been fine until recently. I went to log off and it died. What happens now is when I put power to it the fans run slowly and you can open the cd drive.

After I play with the power switch for awhile it comes on with the fans full speed and power still to the cd drive but it can't be opened. Nothing on the monitor, keyboard or mouse. I don't hear the startup beep.

Connections all look good. I have removed the ram and reseated same result. I remove the ram and startup still same results no beep of any kind. I am not sure where to go from here. By reading some of your info on thois site I am thinking motherboard, p/s or cpu.

What is your opinion and advise what to do next. Thanks for your help. Make the Processor test, remove the CPU fan and power up your system, you should feel the processor heating.

Note this test should not be carried out for a period of more than 5 seconds or it may damage the CPU. The power supply is good or else the fans would not turn, your CD Drive would not open and no Power LEDs would light up. Try swapping the memory to another slot. Reset the BIOS, don't forget to remove the power cord while performing the reset.

Try disconnecting the CD ROM Drive and Hard Disk after the reset then power on and see the result if there is any change. If still you do not hear a beep then I would suspect a motherboard failure.

I was wanting to upgrade the memory on my old gateway ev700. Opened it up and it has 2 slots of 128 ( 256 total). I took them out and tried to put in a 512 and a 256 but found they were NOT the right ones. Only had 1 notch in the gold pins instead of 2 notches like the old 128 had. Took them out and put the old 128's back.

Power it on and now now monitor, mouse or keyboard. Opened it back up after reading your comment and cleaned with eraser. Still no beeps after powering on. So I took out the 128's and left them out turned it on and ONLY 2 beeps sounded and then nothing. Cleaned the 128's again put them back in and powered on again and still no monitor. Since it only had 2 beeps is that a bad sign?

The unit was working fine right before I decided to upgrade the memory ( was running very slow). Should I buy new memory or does the 2 beeps mean something bigger to repair? I am not experienced so I am not sure of your reply. The beep occurs when the cards are out.

I took the 2 memory sticks out( is that what you mean by VGA cards?) cleaned both sides on the copper pins with an eraser. Put them back in and no monitor shows, just the test screen that says it is working properly.

No mouse and no keyboard. The 2 memory cards I put back in are the 2 original ones! I MAY have tried to put in one of the DDR's but they did not fit so it was removed. Would that have caused a problem??? Thanks Linda B. Hi DJ AKSHAY, I have the same problem with the other guys only with a small variation.

I had also my computer not giving any sign of post or booting even though the fans, power supply etc were running. I assumed that the motherboard crashed so I decided to buy a brand new motherboard for which I had also to buy a new graphics card and new DDR2 RAM as the new motherborad did not support the old ones. Despite of all these I continue to have the same problem meaning that I installed everything in the new motherboard but I got the same: the fans were on, the power leds were on but no beeps and no post. I did all the tests mentioned in the forum including the heating test of the CPU and the fan test for the power supply and everyting seems to work properly. The only incompatibility I may imagine is that my old power supply has an ATX 20-pin power cord to the motherboard whereas the new motherboard has an ATX 24-pin connector. The manufacturer's guide mentions that the 20pin cord may be used to the 24pin connector of the motherboard without any problem but I' m starting to doudt about this. The motherboard is an MSI 945GCM478 (socket 478) with a P4 3.2 Ghz hyperthreading CPU.

Do you have any suggestions? Do I have to get a new 24pin power supply? Did any one else have the same problem?

I appreciate all the help I may get. Hello friend, Sorry for late reply. Well, what I can say is that it can be that the other motherboard was faulty. After having purchased a new motherboard and putting everything up, it did not work. Perhaps the new motherboard does not support this processor. I mean in the new motherboard manual you will notice a range of compatible processor frequencies that are supported by the motherboard. Try to see if it supports this capacity of processor that you have got.

Otherwise I don't see any reason why your system should not work. First off, I'd like to compliment you on your vast knowledge, DJ.

I was changing the HDD of my system (previous on went bad). When I finished, I powered up the PC, all I am seeing now is the manufacturer's logo. It would not go past that point, even though I tried everything posted on here.

Power Supply fine Processor works fine. Hard Disk works fine All RAM Cards are fine Optical Drives Ok Speaker Works This was all tested by inserting them into another, similar PC system. Upon Removing the RAM cards, I'm getting the beep errors - so I know, to some degree, that the Mobo is working. Any views, opinions, suggestions???? Please send your reply to Email Id removed for security. I Have a HP Pavillion A1600n that has a Asus A8MZN-LA Mobo with an AMD X2 3800.

I tried everything you posted and I haven't pinpointed the problem yet. Everytime I plug the system or power it on, the green power light comes on in front and both the system and CPU fan run on high and nothing is displayed on the moniter. I hold down the power button to shut it down, and when I turn it back on the process stays the same., I have power going to the CD drive, mouse and keyboard.

I didn't hear any beeps after I stripped it down and took out the memory cards, I tried using a new one in a different slot with no luck. Do you have any other suggestion before I go out and buy a new mobo? I would greatly appreciate any recommendations. I have a Asus A8NVM CSM motherboard, AMD Athlon 3500+ x64 porcessor and 1 GB DDR RAM. When I switch on my system, the power light is on, the fan starts running and even the hard disk. But the system does not boot.

It does not even gives a beep sound and nothing is displayed on the monitor. If I leave the system in the same condition for 5-7 minutes, then press the restart button, the system boots. I checked the power supply by connecting another one to my system but it did not help. I also took out the RAM and placed it in another slot and I even took out CMOS battery and placed it again, but all of no use. Please help me with the issue.

Hi There I so hope you can help me. Few days ago switched on laptop (fujitsu-siemens amilo li 2727) night after installing digi camera.

What I got was the BSOD!!! In the end I have formatted the drive & installed vista again. Problem now is I cannot boot up in normal mode or safe mode. When I boot up I get the microsoft (MS) page with the timer.

Little gold bars move to other end of the timer then I get a reboot. If I disable the EXEXUTE-DISABLE BIT CAPABILITY I get the gold bars to come & go ten times then my mouse pointer appears for 2-3 seconds later it crashes out. Back to the start. I can access the hard drive if I use a vista restore disk, then run repair (which it says its a hareware problem cant repair this problem).

I then select the command prompt, type notepad into the cmd line then select file then open, I can do all sorts from here delete, copy, move ect. (this makes me think the HD is fine). I can also run a disk called german police boot cd which loads fine & I get into the desktop only its XP pro on it. This makes me think the memory is fine as the CD loads onto memory fine. But problem still works afterwards tests I have done:- removed the RAM - got no beeps but the screen wont start.

Cleaned the terminals - still nothing tried the touch test on the processor - get HOT!!! CD drive runs fine removed the CMOS battery power is fine screen is fine fan runs fine keyboard works fine changes the BIOS setting switched off USB legacy & wireless nothing plugged in to any sockets I did see the thing about the CMOS reset but im not too sure what exactly im looking for. As you can see I think Im nearly out of options but Im not giving up & paying a techi YET!!!! PLEASE help me im at the end of things to try!!!! Came across this post today after finding out that my computer powers on but get no response from monitor, keyboard, or mouse, no beeping sound either. I saw how many people followed your advice so I decided to give it a try. I removed my memory cards but heard no beeping sounds, so it could be the processor or the motherboard.

I took off the cpu cooler and felt the chip for many seconds but it didn't heat up. What I want to know is if it necessarily means that my cpu is broken or is it possible that the motherboard is broken which causes the cpu not to start. Please help me. And thanks in advance.

Hey DJ, I've read your posts helping all these people and am here to beg of you to help me (i dont usually beg lol) out. My problem is that last night I shutdown my pc as usual and then turned it back on this morning (before college), but when I pushed the power button there was no bleep and no signal to monitor and nor the keyboard or the mouse lit up or worked.

I opened up the tower and everything seemed fine, fan spinning, dvd drive open and closed but nothing else worked i.e usb mouse lit up neither did a usb keyboard. I cant get into the recovery options, I cant boot from disc it just wont budge. Its an Acer Aspire M1640 and not even a year old (warranty's void as I upgraded ram and a new hdd). Intel dual core and vista premium. (if any of that helps) Please can you help me as all of my course work is on that pc and I cant lose it, i'd most deffinately fail without it which is why I pprementioned me begging of your help.

I tried the eraser thing you mentioned and I cleaned it from inside out and removed the newly installed hardware but still no screen or windows. I anxiously await you reply Thanks in advance. I have a hp pavilion dv2418nr notebook i replaced my motherboard since I heard that they usually go bad on these models.

It worked fine for about a day and then it was back to the way it was before: no video and no booting up at all i tried an external monitor via vga to see if the lcd was faulty but no luck i tried a new stick of ram and still no good does the processor test apply to notebooks too? Do you think this could be it? I do remember that when it was working I updated the bios on the notebook, would this have anything to do with it? I heard that if you remove the cmos battery for 30 seconds it resets your bios? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have similar problem. When the screens goes blank, I solve the problem by removing 1 GB RAM, now I have 2 GB instead of 3. 3 GB works some minutes then the screen turns blank. 2 GB works always. I changed the RAM and now I'm using 2 GB RAM. I have AMD athlon 64 x2, 5000+, I should have 3 GB RAM but now it's working only with 2. I changed the video card to a new one it didn't help.

I cleaned the video card drivers and reinstalled Nvidia drivers again it didn't help. The only thing helpds to go down from 3 to 2 GB RAM.

I have Nvidia 8600 GS. Do you know any suggestion how can I solve this problem? I have a problem with my new RAM, I gues thats where the problem is. When I install the new RAM 2x2GB Crucial DDR2 6400, I dont get a beep sound when booting the pc, and get the 'error' message on my screen, power saving modus. When changing out with the old RAM or just ONE of the 2 new RAM the pc boots, but not with both of them. Have tried to test them each and pc boots with both apart from each other but not together. How can I get it to work with both together?

MB: Asus M2N-X CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ 2.21GHz V.Card: Nvidia GeForce 8500GT HDD: Maxtor 120GB DVD burner Old RAM: 2x 1GB PC2-5300 GEIL Havent OC'ed anything on the pc aswell. This may better explain my problem and how I messed it up.

It had a lot of dust in it. I blew it out with a hair dryer on cool setting. I did remove the fan to clean it but did not un plug it.

I used a Q-tip to get dust off the M-board. Now when I plug it in it looks as though it is starting to boot up seeing the green led's for the CD and DVD player but the fans kept gaining speed to where it sounds like it is going to take off. It does not seem to see the key board or the monitor. Have maybe I unconnected something or caused static that would cause this.

Hi DJ AKSHAY You have some awesome advice here, I tried everything you have suggested and still I am not getting any response from monitor, keyboard, or mouse. PS and CPU fans both work, I unplugged Harddrive and DVD Drive, when I first press the power button the keyboard lights flash and then stop, I get no light on my mouse, the monitor does absolutely nothing, my power light on the tower is messed up since I installed the motherboard over a year ago (not too worried they are only lights.right??). What I am wondering is. 1) When I try the cpu motherboard test with the memory removed I get three beeps and then nothing, could you tell me what that means please? 2) I tested a different memory strip and it didn't make any difference. I was wondering if I can swap the ram. Initially using 2 - 512mb DDR PC3200 NONECC DIMM, removed both of them and tried 1-512mb DDR PC3200/400 strip, does not say anything about NONECC, does that matter, and also can I try and/or use say PC2700 or PC 2100 strips?

3) Any other suggestions on how to get this baby up and running again would be appreciated. I am handicapped and unable to afford a new computer so I am really hoping this one is not heading to the junk heap.lol. Hi Shirley, yes, you can use any memory you've mentioned up here. The three beeps you've mentioned should be repeated as long as you leave the PC on without the memory card. Remove all PCI cards such as modem, Sound Card, WIFI Card etc.

Do the processor heat test, remove the cpu fan then turn on the PC, you should feel the processor heating up, NOTE: You should not perform this test for more than 5-7 Seconds without the Fan on it. If the processor heat test is successful, reset the BIOS through the use of the RESET Jumpers OR disconnect the Power Cord from the Power Supply then remove the CMOS BATTERY and press the Power Button. Remember not to plug in the power cord. After this, put back the CMOS Battery in its place and reconnect the Power Cord and put back 1 memory card which you believe or you know is good. Inform me if you have further problems.

Hi DJ Thank you for responding so quickly. I am only getting three beeps after I remove the memory cards, I wait for a few minutes after the last beep, but it doesn't beep again, I have tried it a number of times and always the same thing. I did the processor test and my processor heats up immediately. I have reset the BIOS by removing the Battery, I did it twice as the first time I just waited for over 10 minutes and put it back in, but I did not push the power button, so I did it again. I had the power cord removed. I have removed and unplugged everything except the power from the PS to the motherboard and the front panel wires, and the CPU fan.

I have tried a number of different memory cards and in different slots as I have 4 slots (2 blue and 2 black) I understand that the two blue are in sequence and the 2 black are in sequence, so I also tried sets of memory (as they were only 256 MB strips) first I tried the blue which is the first bank set, and then I tried the black) nothing I do seems to make any difference. I did notice when I power on it starts off sounding like it is going to start up for a minute or so, and then the fan noise slows a tiny bit. I have read somewhere that just because the fan lights up and spins doesn't necessarily mean the PS is working properly.what do you know or think about that idea? I did test some of the volt producing pins on the PS and they seemed within the approved tolerance so I stopped testing as I also read somewhere that you shouldn't power up the PS by shorting the pins for too long as it can wreck the PS.OH WHAT TO DO???? Unfortunately the spare PS's I do have are only 20 pin and my MOBO is 24 pin.

I put in a new PS a year ago when I first built the system, but that went on me a couple months ago, so I am using one from out of a different computer. My MOBO came out of a fairly new system that was left out in the cold and the person turned it on without letting it warm and he blew the PS as that is all I changed and then it worked great for quite awhile, although it has been slowing down a bit before it quit.I was going to reformat as I thought I picked up a virus, but I have the HD unplugged so that is not the problem.lol (that would be toooo easy). Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you again for your help. Hello Dj Akshay. I have learned a lot from your posts and am glad you are so attentive to respond to everyone. I read a bit back in the post about someone having a similar problem with an ASUS P5N motherboard but couldn't find the outcome.

My motherboard is an ASUS P5N-E SLI. It has been a wonderful motherboard.

Today, with no warning, while trying to turn on the computer: no video output, no beeps, all fans are on, no startup. So, I removed my video card, audio card, memory, and extra case fan.

Still no beeps. Motherboard LED is lit, hard drives are working, dvd drive is working. I assume it's not the PSU.

Now, according to you, it's either the motherboard or the CPU. I have a large heatsink on my CPU, no fan. This allows me to feel the metal on the heatsink right on top of the CPU and it does not get warm when I turn it on. So, this means the CPU is bad, right?

But, is it not possible that damage to the motherboard is preventing power from reaching the CPU? Let me know, please.

Then I can decide whether to buy a new CPU or a new Motherboard. Oh, I haven't tried replacing the battery on the motherboard. Can this still be a possible problem? Thank you for your help. Hello all, I'm currently putting together a hack and slash pc to be used at my house for random entertainment (and teaching myself networking). Anyways, on to my problem: I've assembled the PC as best I could, It is complete as follows: Foxconn 400m01-g-6l motherboard AMD Athlon 5th Gen processor (not sure of specific specs, but it came preinstalled with the MB) Harddrive that I've checked and it works (by plugging into another computer.Windows may be corrupt?) Floppy Disk Drive which isn't connected CD Drives (2) that I'm positive aren't the root of the problem, from testing. 512 Kingston DDR(1?) memory ATI graphics card Power supply Ok, here's the symptoms: *On Power On* -fans spin at regular speed, do not stop until I shut it off -power light in front comes on, stays on, no flickering -the other, red, light in front that flickers with activity (sorry, forgot the name) does not come on, but this is an older comp and it may be just out -As I said earlier, HD works fine for access, windows possibly corrupt?

-when plugged into a screen, shows NOTHING on the screen (goes orange, but does not run self-diagnostic like it does when not plugged into anything) *-----*tried plugging directly into MB and into Graphics Card, same result -when speakers are plugged in, they click once when it starts up (like normal) but no windows theme plays afterwards I'm thinking it's Windows' fault, but I'm hoping someone could find something else I'm missing? I also did the bit with an eraser on the memory stick, didn't help. I switched everything onto another motherboard and still had the same result, no image/no sounds. Like windows won't boot. I feel it's important to note that this is a completely invalid comment (MB Infested with Viruses). MotherBoards, mainboards if you prefer, do not get viruses! Viruses are software.MBs are hardware.there is a seperation.

Also, as a private client of a friend just stated: 'Wow, the inside was really dusty! No wonder I got so many viruses!' They are seperate.dust is bad, but only because it insolates and allows thermal buildup.

It does not cause viruses. I'm sure this issue is solved by now, did sound like MB.but I just wanted to note that this guys MB was not infested with viruses.

- CityITSpec. Hey, I just had the problem as well, not sure what happened.I came home from work, turned on the comp, looked fine, went to jump in the shower, came back and it seemed my comp was stuck in hibernation, so I turned it off, and got the same problem.

The lights would come on, all the fans would start running, but it would stay black on my monitor and I heard no beeps/boot. I got on another comp in the house and started forum searching and halfway found my answer. Now this problably has been said already, but I havent had the time to read through all the posts, but it turns out that when I removed my PCIe video card, and plugged my monitor up to the onboard card on my mobo, the computer started up fine! So I cleaned the PCIe card and tried to put it back in and start up the comp again, only to have the black screen, no boot thing happen again, but this time I noticed the fan on the card was trying to spin, but couldnt, kept getting stuck.

Tried cleaning it more to no avail. So my conclusion is either the card/fan itself is dead, or my PCIe slot on my mobo is dead, but w/o it in the slot my computer runs just like it did, I'll have to find out the issue when I have more time. Hope this helps. Ive been having the same problem as everybody else (for the most part) i feel ive taken all the necessary steps but I want to be 110% sure that ive come to the correct conclusion.

Mainly because the computer is not actually mine. I'm just more technical than the owner and have a decent common knowledge about computers and electronics so here's what happens.

PC turns on PSU fan is fully functional Hard disk spins DVD drive lights up, opens and closes when first powering on the PC the CPU fan spins for a second but only for a second and then stops Manual shut down is not possible. Ive held down the power button for 2 minutes straight and no shutdown occurs PC does not boot. The monitor recognizes that its connected to a video card but immediately says that its going to sleep this is what ive done so far. I've disconnected the RAM and turned on the computer.

No nothing ive attempted to clean the RAM with an eraser. No luck i've attempted switching ports that the RAM is plugged into. No luck i've tried switching the PSU with one that I KNOW works well and I get the same results i've removed the ethernet card and restarted the PC. No luck I've removed and reinserted the BIOS battery located on the MoBo. No luck I've cleaned out all the dust from the fans and boards and once again. No luck i can't seem to remove the CPU heat sinc from the CPU to do the heat test. Ive left the PC running (everything connected) and I can feel the heat sinc heating up after about a few minutes.

Which leads me to believe that the CPU is fully functional i cant blame it on the Graphics card because graphics is all on board process of elimination says that the Mobo is fried and needs to be replaced. So most people would say, 'open and shut case, Johnson. What the heck is your question?' Well, its the CPU fan the PC has been running for a few minutes now, the CPU is obviously heating up and the cooling fan hasn't kicked on yet. So I attempt to spin the cooling fan manually (with just my fingers) and the fan continues spinning but at very low RPMs. Probably not even quick enough to cool a snowball in the north pole. So my question is.

(finally) is the CPU cooling fan being effected by the incapabilities of the MoBo? Or do I have a secondary problem that needs to be addressed before I can confidently say that I have pinpointed all of the problems with this PC once again. I'd like to be 110% sure of what the exact problem is here, mainly because the computer doesnt belong to me.

And to tell a friend he has to replace his MoBo and then find out afterwards that wasn't even the problem is nothing short of. 'messed up' OR to have him replace his MoBo. Solve his problems for a week or two and then have his CPU blow up on him im hoping that other users having similar problems can read this post and see it as sort'of a checklist of things that could possibly be the problem and their solution PC is a Acer aspire T180 and is obviously completely stock it runs an AMD athalon64 3800+ after reading all 7 pages of this thread ive come to the conclusion that this is a pretty common problem with Acer PCs. I know what brand of computer NEVER to buy if anyone has any questions or comments that could help my situation they would be greatly appreciated thank you, and goodnight. I want to thank the great DJ Akshay for his advice regarding the rubber eraser. I was having the same problem with my desktop computer not booting and the fan just running full out. I took out my memory chips and rubbed the gold plated pins with the eraser and reinstalled them and it fixed the problem!

But now when it boots up, my mouse cursor is frozen and I can't get it to move. I have a Logitech wireless mouse with the tiny USB doggle that plugs into the USB port. The mouse works fine with my laptop. I use it for both and it is the only mouse I have. Also the new hardware wizard pops up offering to find a USB hardware registration or something. So that may be it. I can't get into safe mode because it asks me to click on a user and the cursor is frozen.

How do I fix this?? A computer without a mouse is like a car without a steering wheel. How can I fix anything if I can't click on anything? I don't have an spare mouse to try. Thank you very much. Is the great DJ Akshay still around? Aka Computer God I have a Sony Vaio desktop with P4, 2GB memory, WinXP.

Can anyone help? Sure, I am still around dear. You are most welcome to this forum dear. Use the keyboard to login to Windows. Press the TAB Key to select the User you want then press ENTER.

To enter Device Manager after successful login, press the WINDOWS Key and Pause-Break Key together then release. Use the Direction keys to move to right side up to Hardware then Press Alt key and D key then release. Again use the Tab key and then the direction keys to move down up to Mice and other Pointing Devices. Press the + Key to expand the view, Press Alt Key and A Key then press U key to uninstall. If this is a USB Mouse, try connecting it to another USB port on your computer. Please let me know if you are having other problems. Thanks and Bye.

Can someone help me? I got a gateway back in may 23 and somewhere september it would not start up ( fans turn on button glows) and ever since I got it,it would blue screen. Well I took it back to bestbuy and they replaced my power source thing (they said it was faulty) but they put the same kind back in.

Well they said I need a restart/reboot disk (i have no idea what it is) I have to have the disk in the computer when I start it up next time and it would wipe the computer. They said it is something like 'It wont post' iam not computer savvy and no idea what to do and I dont feel like wasting $1200 on a computer ( which I got just to surf the web and play W.o.W with) I had a galaxy (dont know the version) graphics card, and a TV tuner, plus my 400 watt power supply thingy. Is there anyway I can get a backup disk or just do it on my own? This is the kind I have. This discussion has a lot of great information, but I'm still having problems.

My computer powers on but only boots some of the time. This system is a few years old. My hard drive had issues, so I bought a new one and decided to upgrade memory too. I'm having trouble with installing Windows XP. I can boot from CD, and the computer goes through formatting the hard drive and loading setup files. When the setup needs to restart, the monitor goes to sleep. The power is still on, fans running, lights on - but no reboot.

My processor temp is normal and the fan is running. I've tried swapping memory, CD drives, IDE cables. I have removed all the PCI cards and use on-board video.

I switched from the power strip to the wall outlet. I reset the bios settings. When I manually restart and try to continue the install (by selecting repair), the setup starts inspecting my system and the monitor goes to sleep as described above. And some times when I power off and back on manually, the fans come on but the computer doesn't do anything (bios doesn't load). I would appreciate any other help/suggestions, or at least some degree of certainty that the motherboard is the culprit and that I should look for a replacement. Hey, this question is for DJ Akshay.

My family and I have a HP computer, and it was running perfectly fine until this morning. When starting up the computer, no output accessories (keyboard, mouse, monitor) would start up. The keyboard and mouse don't light up like it should, however the monitor goes on but then says that it cannot find a signal, then goes to a black screen. I tried your method of removing the RAM and using the eraser, but that did no help. However, this has happened the night before.

So I rebooted it several times, and I finally found a signal with my monitor and everything was functioning perfectly. So, my question is. What might be causing this?

Because it surely isn't the RAM. Please help!!!

One day my pc was working fine. Then I turned it off and later when I tried to turn it back on it wouldnt boot. The fans come on, the hdd light flashes twice, but the led on the power button doesnt come on. I took out my ram and my motherboard beeped twice. Is it supposed to beep more? And I also tried the eraser thing.

I took out the cmos jumper, turned my pc on then off, and replaced the jumper. Still doesnt work. What would be wrong? The main difference I see from all the other people posting on this thread is that the led on my power button doesnt come on. (not the power supply, but the button itself on the front of the pc). Hello DJ Akshay, I need your advice for my below Desktop Problem. I have a problem with my Desktop PC.

It suddenly stopped working. When I power up, Screen freezes with first page showing Boot menu F2 and BIOS F10. It does not go beyond this screen to WinXP boot up. My problem is Keyboard is not active (I tried PS2 and USB keyboards). Three lights in the keyboard blinks momentarily at the time of power up and nothing happens after that. Since Keyboard is not active, I am unable to get in to boot menu or BIOS to alter settings. Even removing Hard disk make no difference.

Suupposed to boot from Hard disk (C:). Mother board, Processor, Power supply are O.kay.

Fans are running, Beeps when Ram removed, Processor heats up. How to get Keyboard active is my problem. When I tried to boot from bootable CD or Restore CD, upon power up, CPU reads the CD rom and nothing happens after. Is it advisable to change the RAM and check?

Here is my situation. I have a HP Pavillion 1473w. Recently I went to use it and the mouse wasn't working.

I thought the batteries but noticed the reciever lights were not on. I shut it down and it wouldn't come back up. I get a black screen. The fans come on and I hear the dvd drive and can open the drive.

The motherboard is an ECS RC410-M. Other things that I have checked Monitor works on another computer so I ruled out the cable and monitor (swapped cables also) I tried resetting the bios via hp recommendation of remove power cable and holding button in for 5 seconds. I also tried removing the power cord, moving the jumper over, pressed the button 2-3 times, move the jumper back and no change. I've removed the modem card which was not in use and tried adding a working video card. Everything is built in so there are no cards hook in right now.

I removed the cpu fan and started it for a couple of seconds and felt the cpu heating. I jumped the 24 pin connector on the board and the powersupply fan worked. Also the light on the power supply is on. I tested the 4 pin motherboard connector, all the molex connector and jumped the 24 pin connector and tested all except black, gray don't recall a brown using a voltmeter and everything was reading at 3.3, 5 or 12 I have 2 memory cards both were swapped, used individually in both, and I used an eraser on the gold pins, no change.

I removed the memory cards and powered on but didn't hear any beeps. I see the speaker on the board and assume it is working.

I have also removed the battery and tested it on a voltmeter to see that it worked. I believe the reading was around 3 My guess is the board is bad. One bit of info that I don't understand is the switch on the front of the case is a circle and it turns blue, there is also a orange light. When I push in the switch the light flashes blue but then goes out. I believe normally it would turn blue and stay on until you shut off the pc.

I'm not 100% sure that it worked like that normally but am pretty sure. I ask as I don't know if that could indicate anything or if a faulty switch could cause problems like mine. If the board is the problem, I had planned on ordering the ECS RC410-M board online since it was the same board. Am I correct that since the board is the same that I shouldn't have any issue with booting up? There isn't a windows xp disc but I have the 2 dvds that were burned when I bought the pc new. Any ideas or other things I should test for? I don't want to order a board is that is not the problem.

Hello, I am having a similar problem. The computer doesn't seem to boot up. Lights come on, fans run, but no light on the mouse (usb) and monitor says 'power saving mode.' The lights on the keyboard do come on though.

I did the CMOS reset. I removed the RAM and got the repeated beeping. While it was out I tried the eraser trick, but still no luck. When I tested to see if the processor warmed up, it took about 15 seconds to turn luke warm (without the heat sink). I tried this on another computer and it got too hot to touch within about 3 seconds. I wasn't sure if this indicated a CPU problem or if there just wasn't too much to process since it wasn't booting so it didn't heat up. One other major suspect here.

About 3 months ago I replace the video card when the old one started messing up. It performed well all that time. I tried removing the card (I didn't have another to replace it with so I just left the AGP slot empty) and the computer acted the same way. I'm not sure if a computer can boot without a video card, but it didn't seem to make any difference. Thanks in Advance Jesse.

My computer froze. So I restart. It would power on, but would not boot. (no signal to monitors.) 3.

I checked all cables, followed all your steps. T3 Vehicle Series Owners Manual. When I moved the RAM around it loaded up normal again.

(long beep with no RAM. After about 10 min it crashed again. I moved the RAM again and it loaded again. After about 10 min I get blue screen. I have tried moving the Memory over and over, but I cannot get it to boot up like it did in steps 4 and 6. I was hopeing for a suggestion from you DJ ASKSHAY.

I have two RAM cards and neither work in any slot now. (i only have 2 slots) Should I buy a new memory card? Hi dj Hope u might help me got the same problem as above my dell dimension 5000 stoped working, first of all the power light start flashing amber fan stopped working only move for while and stopped. Following the MOBO specification find out that I internal power problem my exist, disconnected all memory, HDD power, and all cards, after that the power lights start lighting STILL amber colour, fan start working but thats all, nothing happened, started plug in one component after another and nothing, still the same colour in manual said thet if light is like that device might be malfunctioning or incorrectly installed but all devices was unplaged except CPU and still the same problem, take the processor fan off, CPU is getting hot, presume is ok, so is this a MOBO failure???? Please let me know.

DJ akshay, I have gateway 507gr One day it wouldn't start/ No BIOS, no fans, no beeps, dead. I changed the battery drained the power - nothing I shorted the PSU green to black and the PSU fan runs, but won't run the computer - nothing I bought a higher wattage PSU from Best Cry and - nothing Changed out the RAM - Nothing The LED light on the MOBO is lit and that is the only indication that any power is getting that far.

Should I take off the heatsink fan and feel the processor? If it is cold then it is dead and I need a new MOBO correct? Thanks everyone, great site.

Hope someone can help me with a problem similar. I'm currently having 2 issues: 1) - when I power up the pc, nothing shows up on screen and nothing loads. However the fan speed becomes very fast. Usually it takes a couple of manual reset to make it work. - when it's supposedly made to work, the fan speed will go very fast for about 1-2 secs then goes back to the normal speed, and that's how I know when to stop the reset.

- the system will then work fine and load to desktop. - however from time to time, even when I do like 20 over resets, it wouldn't work. (which is happening right now) how I try to fix: - somehow I think it may be ram related, so I usually pluck out all the rams. I have 2x 256 and 2x 512 on it which it usually work fine. - I tried the eraser method on the rams but it would still take a couple of resets for each pair to work. Right at the moment having either 2x 256 pair or 2x 512 is working only. I had tried to connect all 4 rams back, but somehow it wouldn't start after 20 over resets.

- going to attempt to fix it again right now. 2) - even when the pc successfully bypass the fast running fan speed, it may hang at the windows screen while loading to the desktop or just hang before desktop gets completely loaded. - i'm not sure which issue happened first but they seem to be happening together. - I usually expect 1-5 times of screen hang before a success boot, with each hang requiring a reboot. - however as my system stop working today, fixing in either 2x 256 pair or 2x 512 is making one attempt success boot.

Please suggest how could I fix this. Thanks for looking through =) regards, Ruie. Hey guys I need urgent help please. I was browsing the net when a blue screen error came up on my screen and I had to restart my laptop.

While restarting it got stuck somewhere in the boot process. I left it for 15 min nothing happened so I turned it off and tried to turn it back on but now the screen is blank and doesn't turn on, but the fans turn on and the lights on the keyboard turn on. I've tried plugging it to another external screen to see if the problem is from the screen but it shows no signal.

So I believe the screen must be okay. How can I solve this problem? I have HP pavilion laptop, any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!