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PC boots but no picture or HD Activity...

NTL1991NTL1991
edited February 2005 in Hardware
I just swapped the CD Burners in our Presario P3 and Duron 900, as the faster computer had the slower burner. I also put the ATI Radeon 9200 back in the Duron 900... My Dad liked having 128MB VRAM. Now when I turn it on, the monitor goes to standby (orange), and there is no HD activity. I also have to press the power button 3 seconds instead of just pushing it... I tried different cards and monitors and no luck... Could this be a case of ESD??? (ElectroStaticDischarge) I forgot to maintain contact with the case metal... Maybe I blew the whole thing??? Uh Oh! My Dad will be pissed... Someone Know what's wrong?

Nick

Comments

  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    You probably have your IDE cables mixed up. Most PCs do that when the IDE device is plugged in upside down.
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    They Do! I think I plugged in the CDROM wrong, not the HD Though...
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    unplug both and see if it works.
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    nope... Still does the same thing... I better be getting out my 233 DeskPro...
  • BashBash
    bad video card maybe...
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    Using 2 different ones?
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    You probably just bumped something that prevents it from working. The only question is whay. :-S

    Only advise I can give is IDE and video card becuase that's the only things you changed.

    Oh, and reset your BIOS. That should help.
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    How do I reset my bios? It doesnt show ANYTHING, not even a COMPAQ Splash Screen...
  • QQ
    NTL1991 wrote:
    a COMPAQ Splash Screen...

    UhO...

    -Q
  • nighticenightice
    Check your IDE cables. While upgrading my memory, I found out that on my mobo, it was somehow possible to knock out the primary IDE cable while inserting a DIMM.
  • QQ
    If all else fails, try reverting back to what was originally in there. If that works, then you've (Probably) been screwed by Compaq.

    -Q
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    You reset the BIOS by either removing the battery is removing a jumper near the battery for a few seconds.
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    oh ok... i will try tomorrow...
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    he's fine about it... Ill reset the BIOS and if no go then I will either post computing.net or chat live to the HP/Compaq support guy...
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    Yea! I took all the stuff out to put in my DeskPro, and then I got a disk controller error, so I put everything back in the Presario, and after I disconected and reconected EVERYTHING it worked. I had to shut it down manualy and the problem happened again, but I removed the Front USB COnnectors and the Front Panel COnnectors and it worked. Maybe that was the problem... Whats this "your system has been changed dramaticly. You need to reactivate Windows before 3 Days" thing? I better get the antiactavation patch... Thanks for the help
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    I got a good one if you need it.
  • NTL1991NTL1991
    i just patched it.... Yea! This is the PC in the house to play ET...
  • wingzeroisminewingzeroismine
    Sounds like you had hardware conflicts if you had to remove things to get others to work. Why a hardware conflict would stop it from booting up at all I don't know, that part sounded like something wasn't seated right.
  • JoshJosh
    Sounds like the BIOS had problems detecting it... Making the boot process go slower.
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