Help! It's dead!
 

Have a major problem with my PC. Switched it on last night and, although it powered up, I got nothing. Not even a hello beep from the POST.

Nothing appears on the screen. The Hard Disk light comes on every now and then for a few seconds and you can hear all the fans spin etc, but nothing else.

Have now practically dismantled it and the only time I can get it to do anything is when the processor is removed at which point it gives a burst of alternating beeps, almost like a siren. I have read elsewhere that this is a processor overheat, but since I don't have a processor in it, it can't be overheating!

What do you guys think? It's an ASUS P4B533 board with an Pentium 4 2.4GHz Proc in it, running an Award bios.

Thanks! Getting frantic!

Re: Help! It's dead!
 

You need to look at the manual for your motherboard to find out what that beep code means. It coudl well be a CPU burning up but you need to know for sure.

Re: Help! It's dead!
 

That's the thing, there is no beep code for that. And even then, it only happens when absolutley everything is disconnected, including the CPU. It's 10 feet away on my desk! :) There is no beeping at all with just the CPU installed (and heatsink/fan) or anything else.

There are only a couple listed in the manual and none of them are this :-(

Re: Help! It's dead!
 

Is your monitor the culprit?

Re: Help! It's dead!
 

Could be dodgy RAM or graphics card but try re-seating all components.

Re: Help! It's dead!
 

Ahem, yes. Of course I had already tried reseating them before ripping them out one by one. *Cough* :blush: Turns out it was loose RAM. Thanks guys!