Computer Won't boot

[bigoman]

So I have been having problems with my optical drives lately, so I decided to try chaning the locations of the IDE cables to find the problem.

After switching cables, My computer failed to boot. When I turn it on, the monitor does not pick up a signal and i hear a loud beep.

I tried switching the cables back, but still the same thing. With my hard drive and optical drives disconnected, still doing the same thing. When I take my graphics card out, it still does the same thing.

I am wondering if there is suddenly a problem with my graphics card (TI4200)

Or maybe my motherboard is messed up yet again, which would have been causing the optical drive problems and now makes my computer fail to boot.

Any ideas what is going on?

 

[mechBgon]

A full spec list of all the parts will help people get insight on it Easy thing first: check that the RAM and cards are firmly seated. Unplug the system, take out the mobo's battery, and then clear the CMOS, replace battery, plug computer in again, and see if that helped.

 

[bigoman]

I'm at a computer lab right now. Don't remember my exact motherboard, but I believe it is a Shuttle Motherboard.

Shuttle Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
512 megs of Corsair 2700 ram.
GeForce4 TI-4200
40 gig and 80 gig hard drives