ok here is my problem i was surfing comp died my power supply works and fan spins but nothing happens i was thinking that maybe my cpu died but am not sure any ideas. Here are my specs CPU Fan Type: FAN ,77.5*60.5*64.5MM Power Supply: PS, 250 WATT CPU: CPU, ATHLON XP 1600 MB: MB AM37 1.2 AWD 462P PS2 W/LAN Memory: MEM, DDR-RAM 1024 Video: VIDEO, INTEGRATED HDD: HDD, 40 GB LAN: LAN, 10/100 integrated socket 462 motherbaord its an emachine ive used it for years and hope ii can salvage it. thanks in advance.
I have that exact same computer sitting in our basement. Any beep codes at startup? Or is it just quiet?
If it turns on and the fans run but nothing happens, the CPU isn't powering up, so either it's gone wrong or it isn't getting enough power. Have you plugged anything else in recently?
no i havent added anything else, so then it is more than likely the chip then the board shouls stll be good?
Erm well there's definitely some issue with the CPU or the board. It may be worthwhile changing both (i.e. new socket and hence mobo) (I'm fixing my sig now with reasonable size images, sorry it comes up so big) I'm now limiting myself to one copy of my sig per page, it's less intrusive.
alright thnax for the help man im gonna try the cpu first and if that doesnt work then ill try a new mobo
a friend of mine told me that i should change over to a socket 939 (64Bit) Micro Atx motherboard but my only problem with that is that im not sure if my memory would fit in there it says its ddr but the ddr i have is 2700 and 2100 do you know anything about these boards?
They should allow 2100 and 2700 memory, but you have to check with the compatitibility first. 939 is a very good idea, but go ATX not microATX assuming you can fit one in, they're much better boards.
the case i have is not that big thats why he said the micro. how much bigger is the regular atx board? cause i do have an old tower that i could pull the board out of if it will fit
