mobo problemo

[dale5605]

Well my noob brother was tinkering with a computer. Anyway I don't know what the heck he did but it won't boot up now. When the power supply is plugged in the green indicator light on the mobo is illuminated. But when I push the power button to turn it on nothing happens. Is there something I need to reset or what?

 

[GeckoEcho421]

Try taking out the cmos battery to reset the bios.

 

[dale5605]

I just popped it out and then put it back in again while the power was off, is that what you mean? It didn't do anything. I mean the computer won't load up at all. It makes no noise or sign of life when I hit the power.

 

[bionicjive]

this is basic but needed for start up....

Make sure you have a keyboard plugged in, you may have a bad psu so look on line about jumping pins and seeing if it starts up that way (usually a green and black or gray and black)

 

[dave-1969]

Hi did your brother open the case?

 

[bigtimeballer50]

if ur computer isint displaying anything on ur moniter then ur motherboard is fried done deal... same shit happend 2 me i was messing with the stuff inside my comp like the frontpanel usb and stuff iw as ceoncting and my comp froze when i pluged it in i restarted it and nothing on screen comp wudnt get past post so thenn i noticed it was fried and replaced it for a new one so urs is fried if it dont get past post screen.. see ya..

 

[Apokalipse]

look for the power switch pins, chances are he pulled the cable from them and it's just not turning on

 

[dale5605]

Ok you are right somehow the pins did come loose, thanks apok. So now the mobo is showing signs of life. But now when I plug in the power it makes a series of beeps. It was about 12 beeps or so then it stopped. I don't know what to do now.

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Go to your mobo manual and look up the beeps and what they mean

 

[KnowNothing]

Could be the ram isnt plugged all the way in, check that.