Computer won't even POST

[Patt]

Here's the situation:

I have a 1 year old PC, self-built that I've not really had any problems with. It is based off an Asus P5B-E motherboard, 2 GB of RAM, a e6600 and a 8800GTX.

I went to turn it on the other day, and the initial ASUS BIOS screen appears, and then nothing else happens. Will flashing the BIOS remove any corruption that may have happened there?

Any other troubleshooting ideas?

Thanks.

 

[lucky9]

Try resetting the BIOS to default.
Also this can easily be a hardware-going-bad problem.
Reseat any cards in the system (including memory). Run a memory test.
Check that the HSF is correctly seated.

 

[Modelworks]

Do not attempt to flash the bios on a board that is having problems like those you described.
You could end up killing the board completely.

 

[Old Hippie]

Hiren's Boot CD

You're welcome and good luck!

 

[Patt]

I took out the CMOS battery, and re-set things to default, and ti worked ... I'm thinking there was just some minor corruption there, and everything looks to be fine now.

Thanks for the suggestions gents.

 

[BigZ1981]

I had a board actually die on me...tried to boot up with just cpu & mem...no post beeping...tried a diff ram module & CPU, still no post...