zico martin 89 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Im fearing the worst for my dad-in-law's pc but thought id see if anyone on here can offer any help. the machine is powering up but is mkaing no beep sounds and is showing no video output to the monitor. Ive tried swapping the RAM and the graphics card but this has made no difference. there is power getting to the unit (the fans are all working) so can i assume it's the motherboard or the CPU then? its a few years old now so it could be time for an upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard when you say its a pain to change does that mean its not the big silver CR2032 one on the motherboard then? if so could I just swap it over with a battery from another PC? what damage would it do to remove a battery to the other PC? would i lose all the settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 you sure the monitor is working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard when you say its a pain to change does that mean its not the big silver CR2032 one on the motherboard then? if so could I just swap it over with a battery from another PC? what damage would it do to remove a battery to the other PC? would i lose all the settings? pain as you might not get a replacement. Also, most I've known are soldered in, but don't quote me on it you lose your settings but that's no big deal if you know what they were (basically need to tell it to boot in C: A: D: order). Been a while since I did it, but if it's dead already they're already lost Edited February 5, 2007 by Super_Steve_Howey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard when you say its a pain to change does that mean its not the big silver CR2032 one on the motherboard then? if so could I just swap it over with a battery from another PC? what damage would it do to remove a battery to the other PC? would i lose all the settings? precisely. A bios battery replacement is one of the easiest fixes u could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard when you say its a pain to change does that mean its not the big silver CR2032 one on the motherboard then? if so could I just swap it over with a battery from another PC? what damage would it do to remove a battery to the other PC? would i lose all the settings? pain as you might not get a replacement. Also, most I've known are soldered in, but don't quote me on it you lose your settings but that's no big deal if you know what they were (basically need to tell it to boot in C: A: D: order). Been a while since I did it, but if it's dead already they're already lost well it 'looks' easy enough to swap over, wish me luck I'll be back in five minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 your bios battery is dead might be a pain to replace on an old motherboard when you say its a pain to change does that mean its not the big silver CR2032 one on the motherboard then? if so could I just swap it over with a battery from another PC? what damage would it do to remove a battery to the other PC? would i lose all the settings? precisely. A bios battery replacement is one of the easiest fixes u could do. even on old boards? like I say, ages since I did one but they were soldered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 That's a fucking old PC (well over 10 years) that had a soldered bios battery..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 That's a fucking old PC (well over 10 years) that had a soldered bios battery..... aye, bout that it was probably nearly 5 years ago, and no doubt my skinflint boss had all the latest 5 year old PC's for the company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 That's a fucking old PC (well over 10 years) that had a soldered bios battery..... aye, bout that it was probably nearly 5 years ago, and no doubt my skinflint boss had all the latest 5 year old PC's for the company well the battery wasnt soldered in ( nice easy catch) and swapping them over did the job! woohoo cheers howey, you saved my dad-in law a fair few quid at pc world there, i'll buy you a pint next time i see you! just gotta find a place that sells these batteries now but shouldn't be a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Steve_Howey 0 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Jack and coke is my poison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Are you sure its not a duff power supply ? they produce multiple voltages, just because fans are getting power doesn't mean that your processor and RAM are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Are you sure its not a duff power supply ? they produce multiple voltages, just because fans are getting power doesn't mean that your processor and RAM are. no swapping the bios battery appears to have done the trick well when i say 'appears to' i must have as the pc is now powering up fine! Too late you coming in with your doom and gloom now jimbo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Are you sure its not a duff power supply ? they produce multiple voltages, just because fans are getting power doesn't mean that your processor and RAM are. no swapping the bios battery appears to have done the trick well when i say 'appears to' i must have as the pc is now powering up fine! Too late you coming in with your doom and gloom now jimbo! Glad to hear its sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 bollocks bollocks bollocks dad in law just been on the phone as its gone again jimbo, your turn to shine?? please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I still suspect the powersupply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 89 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 I still suspect the powersupply but there's power getting to the PC - i mean the fans seem to be going fine. there's no beeping noises though which i fear may be a bad sign. well no worse a sign than the fact that its fucked like! so you reckon it may be worth me trying to swap the psu over? anything other than having to give him that bottle of jack i got from him as thanks for fixing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I still suspect the powersupply but there's power getting to the PC - i mean the fans seem to be going fine. there's no beeping noises though which i fear may be a bad sign. well no worse a sign than the fact that its fucked like! so you reckon it may be worth me trying to swap the psu over? anything other than having to give him that bottle of jack i got from him as thanks for fixing it! Take it to someone who knows what he's doing. There's plenty of tools out there now to tell you exactly where the problem lies. A local computer shop will soon be able to test the PSU for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I still suspect the powersupply but there's power getting to the PC - i mean the fans seem to be going fine. there's no beeping noises though which i fear may be a bad sign. well no worse a sign than the fact that its fucked like! so you reckon it may be worth me trying to swap the psu over? anything other than having to give him that bottle of jack i got from him as thanks for fixing it! Take it to someone who knows what he's doing. There's plenty of tools out there now to tell you exactly where the problem lies. A local computer shop will soon be able to test the PSU for you. Gol's right, take it in some where, but just because your fans are running does mean that your other voltages arn't knackered, you need like a 3.3v supply for ram I think, 5.5v or something for your processor not just the 12v for fans etc, if you've lost the voltages for any of those or even if the go slightly out of range then you will have problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20113 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) /Edit Didnt read full thread Edited February 8, 2007 by wykikitoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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