Case swapping problems

KoNiT

My bro has a problems with his PC

He swapped his internals into a bigger case incl. power supply

All connections are correct. The Ram & Graphic card are seated properly.


WHen he switches on PC, the CPU fan comes on HD starts up -

Thats it. - No beep. No visual from monitor. no flash light from floppy drive..


I told him the mobo could be buggered, any ideas or suggestions?

cartman

Happened to me last week ,
my chip blew...

cartman

KoNiT

Sorry.. forgot to add.. I tried his chip in my PC & it worked....

cartman

then its obviously the motherboard..
any lights come on when u boot it up??

GUI

you try replacing the graphics card?

KoNiT

powerlight & keyboard lights up.. "makes a few clicks & whirrs"

mobo type MSI KT4V


tried graphics just now, he tried a PCI Graphics card he has & still no joy.

tribble

then its obviously the motherboard..

When you've screwed around with PC's long enough you'll realise that nothing is obvious...

... but it's not a bad guess. - Swap out the battery on the motherboard (unlikly but happened on 6 series gigabyte MB's).

Disconnect everything from the MB and try sit them back in one by one.

ATX header, processor, graphics card, ram (1 stick). Nothing more until it works.

tribble

tribble

AND DON'T FORGET THE HEATSINK ON THE PROCESSOR!

I've done that twice now:rolleyes:

tribble

Col_Loki

MSI boards are known to be more prone to shorting on cases, ie if the board is installed incorrectly (doesent have the elevation etc) . I would try taking it out again, and insuring everything is perfect.

If still nothing try it in the old case - should help you to limit the scope of what could be wrong.

Loki

astrofool

make sure there are no redundant metal studs in the new case that are touching the bottom of the board.

Also try it out of the case completely, i.e. on the floor with just graphics card and ram installed and if that works, add it back to the case, and add peripherals one by one.

KoNiT

Thanks for the help

I have the old case & will drop it over to him tonight

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by tribble
AND DON'T FORGET THE HEATSINK ON THE PROCESSOR!

I've done that twice now:rolleyes:

tribble

good advice

yea a mate of mine has this board (i do too) & we were troubleshooting a prob with it, took us a while to realise that his board wouldnt start if the heatsink wasnt sitting properly on the chip (it would start regardless on mine) so make sure this isnt an issue

joto

Well I am the said brother with the swapped case problems.

col_loki & especially astrofool were bang on with the mobo touching the case. It turned out there was an extra redundant metal screw which was probably shorting the mobo. A quick tweak with pliers & it was sent on it's way with a few choice words after it. Everything put back & working fine (no damage-phew!)
(I checked the heatsink on processor.)

Thank you all

Col_Loki

Glad to see your sorted out , boards are a good place to go if you have prob's .