- Aug 25, 2001
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Hello,
I fix computers around town, and today I received a call from someone who thinks their computer was struck by lightning.
When you turn it on, all you get is a black screen... drives and fans power up, but no beeps or anything. The system will not POST. You need to push and hold the power button in on the case to turn it off.
So far I have:
- Reset the CMOS
- Replaced power supply
- Disconnected all devices except CPU, motherboard, power supply, and video.
- Reseated both sticks of RAM, then tried to run system with only 1 stick. Didn't work, tried other stick. Still nothing.
- Replaced video card
Still, the system will not work. I guess this narrows the problem down among the CPU, motherboard, and RAM.
Is it safe to say this PC is pretty much toast? Is it time for a new tower?
Thanks,
Andrew
I fix computers around town, and today I received a call from someone who thinks their computer was struck by lightning.
When you turn it on, all you get is a black screen... drives and fans power up, but no beeps or anything. The system will not POST. You need to push and hold the power button in on the case to turn it off.
So far I have:
- Reset the CMOS
- Replaced power supply
- Disconnected all devices except CPU, motherboard, power supply, and video.
- Reseated both sticks of RAM, then tried to run system with only 1 stick. Didn't work, tried other stick. Still nothing.
- Replaced video card
Still, the system will not work. I guess this narrows the problem down among the CPU, motherboard, and RAM.
Is it safe to say this PC is pretty much toast? Is it time for a new tower?
Thanks,
Andrew