[RESOLVED] non-booting pc - bios?
I have a pic running windows xp. This morning it wouldn't boot.
It doesn't emit any post beeps, and everything seems to power up - certainly the fan spins, the screen, keyboard and mouse all power up. Just in case, I tried it connected to different peripherals, but with the same result. I say the screen powers up because the power light comes on, but nothing whatsoever appears on it.
I also tried swapping the ram stick for one from a working machine, but no change.
It doesn't seem to get as far as a hard disk access because there's no sound from that. Could it be a bios failure - I can't think of anything else that would cause no start up without any beeps? And if it is a bios failure, is there anything to be done
all advice welcome
non-booting pc - new evidence
So I ordered another motherboard since that seems the most likely culprit. I took the cpu fan off just now and found this - it was only seating down one edge. I replaced this fan about a year ago, so its been like that ever since. On the other hand, the pc has not be shutting down which is what I've found before with overheating CPUs. Any opinions?
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