Computer Turns on But doesnt start

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Hehe - I was trying to avoid saying that, Ad ^^

As a matter of interest, are the 2 vid cards in PCI_E2 and PCI_E3 (the two blue slots) or is one of them in PCI_E1, which would appear to be a PCI Express 2.0 slot?

And, er, would that make a difference any way, Admael?

my2cent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

the two card is sitting on a pci-e 2.0 slot. Just find it werid that its was working greatly then this thing happened.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

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I like the manual - very good info in there, even if it does suffer from a bit of Japlish (or Chinglish, I suppose as MSI are Taiwanese)

Quote:
Originally Posted by MSI
NForce chipset is very sensitive to ESD (Electrostatic Discharge), therefore this
issue mostly happens while the users intensively swap memory modules under S5
(power-off) states, and the power code is plugged while installing modules. Due to
several pins are very sensitive to ESD, so this kind of memory-replacement actions
might cause system chipset unable to boot.
Just as a final thing, read page 3-22 of the manual. This deals with failed overclocking, which you haven't done, but just in case...

Quote:
Reboot
1. Press the Power button to reboot the system three times. Please note that, to
avoid electric current to affect other devices or components, we suggest an
interval of more than 10 seconds among the reboot actions.2. At the fourth reboot, BIOS will determine that the previous overclocking is failed
and restore the default settings automatically. Please press any key to boot the
system normally when the following message appears on screen.
Warning !!! The previous performance of overclocking is failed,
and the system is restored to the defaults setting.
Please press any key to continue...

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Did you reset your BIOS via the button I described before we continue this insanity?

my2cent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

yea i pressed the cmos button 4 times, adding to that my mobile phone just got washed in the washing machine. What a bad day for me.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by my2cent
yea i pressed the cmos button 4 times, adding to that my mobile phone just got washed in the washing machine. What a bad day for me.
It sounds to me like your motherboard is shot. RMA it via manufacturer. Go to their website and request an RMA.

Dark Kal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

I'm staying with my original opinion CPU is damaged.

Dono

Dono

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

Cleethorpes

We Like To Spank Your [Mum]

Mo/

I very much doubt it is a CPU problem, I mean they are probably the thing that is least to break in a computer. Your whole mobo could blow up and the cpu would still work. Does your computer have any diagnostic lights on the front of it?

Admael

Admael

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

California

Xen of Heroes

It's not the CPU.

If it's the CPU it would POST. From the symptoms described, I know for sure the board is borked.

Dark Kal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Admael
It's not the CPU.

If it's the CPU it would POST. From the symptoms described, I know for sure the board is borked.
Nope, PC can't POST without a CPU. Although the motherboard is just as likely but I've no experience with MSI mobos, and I've never ever had problems with mobos.

my2cent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

my mum just took it back to the shop, hopefully ill get it back tommorow and not pay a cent.