claude-5 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) well, i built my lil bro a PC from scratch cuz he wanted 1, and when i turn it, all the light come on etc etc, but theres no display, and i know all the pieces work cuz i 'skanked' them from old PCs the worked PERFECTLY, but i bought a brand new hard drive for it, these are the specs.. 750 MHz P3 320 MB RAM 10 GB HDD 16MB ATi Rage 128 Pro 230W power supply i know its really crap xD lol, but he only wants it to surf the net, would any1 know any possible problems?? Edited February 24, 2009 by claude-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Try removing RAM sticks one at a time because bad RAM can cause that to happen. Also it could be a dead motherboard or processor. A dead motherboard is possible because if it's dead it will basically do whatever it wants...some things might work, others wont...also if the processor is dead, it won't display anything obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 (edited) well, i built my lil bro a PC from scratch cuz he wanted 1, and when i turn it, all the light come on etc etc, but theres no display, and i know all the pieces work cuz i 'skanked' them from old PCs the worked PERFECTLY, but i bought a brand new hard drive for it, these are the specs..750 MHz P3 320 MB RAM 10 GB HDD 16MB ATi Rage 128 Pro 230W power supply i know its really crap xD lol, but he only wants it to surf the net, would any1 know any possible problems?? Did you clear the BIOS before putting it in a PC made of all different parts? Older mobos may not have automatic settings. What brand of mobo do you have, and does it make a beeping noise when you turn it on? If so, what is the pattern? Edited February 25, 2009 by raybob95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Does the computer beep when you turn it on? You know, like the one beep that is like the "passed POST" type thing. Maybe your CPU needs to be re-seated. just take it out and put it back in (obviously with power disconnected etc) then try again. If theres no beep at all then im pretty sure thats the problem. Or the CPU is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Not necessarily. I've had my PC beep disabled for ages, you can just unplug the motherboard's (tiny) speaker cable. He might have forgotten to plug it into the PSU... make sure the video card is powered form the PSU, and properly pushed in, and clipped in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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