PC does not POST.

[Eltano1]

I have a real big time problem with one of my LAN PC, Biostart M7NCD, AMD 1900+XP, WD 80 gigs HDD, GForce 4 128 RAM, 512 DDR RAM Crucial, 450 Watts PS, Win XP Pro. HDD, Video card, memory chip and PS are all brand new. I replaced them one by one, thinking it was a PS problem, then I replaced the HDD, followed by the video card, and last the mobo and the memory chip at the same time. The symptoms were freezing when surfing the net, or just working with the PC. When I replaced the video card I started getting instant reboots when adjusting the setting so I replaced the mobo and the memory chip and now it does not POST at all, even with the old video card, old mobo, old memory chip, so I think that now I might have a cpu problem.
The original mobo is a Epox 8k7a, which I think it was the culprit because some capacitors are bulging at the top, I also tried the old HDD, a Maxtor 30 gigs, but nothing happened either. So today I'm going to buy a new cpu and try on both mobo to see if I have a dead cpu, or dead mobos.
Meantime if someone have an idea or knows a solution, please let me know.

Thanks

Eltano

 

[Eliteboy]

You have all brand new products ... and you also got the PC to start .. but you get crashing issues ... therefore it could be ... Incompatible Memory, Power Settings or Power Supply, BIOS settings, Drivers, or Hardware issues ... I would recommend you do these steps first

1) Update Your BIOS (check your settings afterwards)
2) Reformat and install your OS
3) Install all drivers especially Chipset and Video
4) Goto Windows Update and install necessary fixes, drivers, and critical updates

If your PC still is crashing then you shoud check your BIOS settings and set it to Default setting and change anything if needed (you can also change the power current in the BIOS, but be very careful!!) ... take out the memory and put in different brands of memory to test compatibility issues (Kingston is a good brand that works on mostly every PC) ...

 

[lobadobadingdong]

quick question, is there a 56k modem in said system, and is it posting with the modem out of the system?

 

[Eltano1]

Thanks guys, but no modem issue here, like I said before this is a PC within a LAN, therefore I have NIC card on it.
Eliteboy, how I will be able to update the BIOS and reformat the HDD if I can't post (do you know what that means?), I appreciate your suggestion, but please think before reply to a question.
The problem was my CPU, somehow it die on me, so I replaced it with a new one, after that I did have the PC up and running, and of course I did a clean install.

Best regards

Eltano

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Eltano1
Thanks guys, but no modem issue here, like I said before this is a PC within a LAN, therefore I have NIC card on it.
Eliteboy, how I will be able to update the BIOS and reformat the HDD if I can't post (do you know what that means?), I appreciate your suggestion, but please think before reply to a question.
The problem was my CPU, somehow it die on me, so I replaced it with a new one, after that I did have the PC up and running, and of course I did a clean install.

Best regards

Eltano

There is no reason to be snippy when asking for help. Maybe he misread your post. He was trying to help, IMHO, you owe him an apology.

 

[Eltano1]

No apology will be issue and that will be the end of this.

Eltano