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From: Twayne on 16 May 2010 21:25
In news:eRA0sIU9KHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
Lem <lemp40(a)unknownhost> typed:
> Ron wrote:
>> I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in
>> the usual way and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my
>> return when I switched it back on, it
>> starts up as soon as I turn the mains on at the wall
>> socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power pack,
>> cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up,
>> the dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No
>> beep, no hard drives, no signal to the monitor, no
>> response from the power button. I also cant shut it down
>> at all other than by the mains on off switch. I have
>> removed every lead and plugin component from the
>> motherboard, including the bios battery, and one by one
>> reconnected each trying to power up each time but I just
>> get the same thing. I seem to be getting power to the motherboard
>> Gigabyte
>> GA-81PE1000 with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the
>> board run but I am now out of ideas.
>
> Is there any evidence elsewhere in the house of there
> having been an electrical problem, e.g., clocks not at the
> right time, appliances needing to be reset, etc.?

Or you left the modem plugged into the phone line and had lightning storms
while you were away? Phone lines are the usual method of surges and spikes
that can cause damage.
But the advice to check with the hardware group was good; that's really
where you need to go. They'll know to ask you if the mobo LED, PSU LED, etc.
are lit, what color they are and all that good stuff. I'm going to guess
you either have something shorted killing a power rail or a missing voltage
from the power supply. But try the other group for better considerations.

HTH,

Twayne`


From: Ben Myers on 16 May 2010 22:02
>"Ron" <ron6a(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:4b2d9c2a-88aa-4b88-b3eb->203572a09dec(a)q13g2000vbm.googlegroups.com....
>I went away for all of last week and shut down my pc in the usual way
>and also switched of the power at the mains as well. On my return
>when I switched it back on, it starts up as soon as I turn the mains
>on at the wall socket. The power pack starts, the fans on the power
>pack, cpu and motherboard run, the keyboard and mouse light up, the
>dvd/cd drives light up but it does nothing else. No beep, no hard
>drives, no signal to the monitor, no response from the power button. I
>also can’t shut it down at all other than by the mains on off switch.
>I have removed every lead and plugin component from the motherboard,
>including the bios battery, and one by one reconnected each trying to
>power up each time but I just get the same thing.
>I seem to be getting power to the motherboard Gigabyte GA-81PE1000
>with P4 3.0Ghz proccessor as the fans on the board run but I am now
>out of ideas.

Try removing and reseating the memory modules. Also, you might test or
simply replace the power supply. If neither of these help, check the mother-
board manual for "BIOS Rescue".

Ben
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