[Dream] help, my "sound" pc stopped working... what to do?

[Joao Vilaca]

:'''(

damm sophisticated stuff with no reliable manual or whatever...

the days i did computer maintenance as work everything was much simpler.

i placed the ram again and the graphics card and tryed to boot, but now the
HD light just went on and the off (as is supposed i think) and nothing else
happened: no display on the monitor, etc

i think i heard it beep once :D

i'm now taking off the battery and i'll try to boot again

damm piece of s*** computers...

it would be great to have another one to swap stuff and understand whats
happening


sucks


thanks for the help

let's see if it works now :|

On 3/8/07, Nutz <nutz at blacklight.net> wrote:
>
> So, first off, I doubt that a cmos jump will do it.
>
> I am pretty sure that on that board (I have an old a7a266) the cmos jump
> is two little sauder nubs instead of full pins like they usually are,
> and they are right by the battery.
>
> Those boards try to protect themselves, so if they feel the slightest
> power fluctuation (or say, you put too awesome of a processor in there)
> they shut off and disable themselves.
>
> Try this, this should reset it.
>
> Shut off the machine (sounds like it already is)
> unplug the machine from the wall
> pull the cmos batt
> leave for 10 seconds (but hell, I can't count 10 seconds, so... go grab
> a beer from the fridge, pour it in a nice frosty glass)
> put batt back in
> plug back in
> power on
> drink frosty beer
>
> Joao Vilaca wrote:
> >
> > yesterday i was swapping stuff between the notebook and that computer
> > with a small pen drive. when finished i pressed off and went to sleep.
> > today when i checked the computer one of the keyb lights was on (i've
> > heard its a symptom of keyboard error) but the power was off.
> >
> >
> > when i turned on, nothing happened. i could hear the processor fan
> > running and see the HD activity light on but nothing else (no beeps,
> > error messages or video display)
> >
> > i started by disconnecting the HDs/DVD and now it's there's only the
> > MOBO/CPU/PSU connected.
> >
> >
> > could it be a cmos error and fixed by doing the CLRCMOS jumper? i'm
> > trying to find that jumper but the board manual is stuck inside the PC
> :(
> >
> > btw, it's an ASUS a7v333 and i'm really having a bad time finding a
> > manual for it in the asus website... sucks :(
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/8/07, *Kudos* <kudos.dream at ntlworld.com
> > <mailto:kudos.dream at ntlworld.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     > i've left only the PSU, motherboard and processor connected but
> >     when i
> >     > turn the power on it just sits there with the HD acess light lit
> :(
> >     >
> >
> >     Maybe you disconnected too much?  What about the Video adapter and
> >     monitor?  AFAIK, the boot sequence halts and makes a beep if it
> can't
> >     see a monitor or VGA adapter attached.  I'm not sure if the same
> still
> >     applies for the keyboard (it used to halt about that in the old
> >     486 days...
> >
> >     Can you think of what event might have caused the problem - did
> >     the case
> >     get kicked or knocked, power cut or were you fiddling with any of
> the
> >     the hardware in the first place?  Just make sure everything's
> >     properly
> >     seated in their connectors - maybe it needs a good blow out with
> >     an air
> >     duster.
> >
> >     Are you using motherboard graphics or AGP/PCI graphics card?  If
> >     it's a
> >     card, particularly make sure the edge connector is dust free.
> >
> >     Olly
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