My first post here, hoping for some other opinions.
I just moved from the US over to Okinawa, Japan. I'm currently living in military barracks. I unpacked my PC last night, hooked it up and tried to boot it up.
The PC turns on, but doesn't boot up. The light on the power button is supposed to be green, but is instead an amber color. The same goes for the LCD monitor, it too, is amber colored instead of green.
A little more background on the issue. A few months ago, I was having an issue of the computer shutting off while I was playing video games on it. Sometimes, just the monitor would go black, with the light on it turning to amber, and other times, the whole computer would freeze. I figured it was the power supply not being able to keep up with my new video card, so I picked up a 400W power supply. I installed the power supply and everything worked fine, up until now.
I've popped open the case and powered up the PC. The video card is getting power, as the fan is moving on it, as is the fan on the motherboard. I also hear the hard drives working, and the CD and DVD drives work also.
I've tried plugging it into other outlets in the room. I've used 3 different surge protectors. I've even tried plugging it directly into the wall without a surge protector.
The room has an air conditioner, a refridgerator, a dehumidfier, and a microwave in it. They all work fine, and I've even tried unplugging all of them to see if the PC would boot fine, but to no avail. All the outlets look like US outlets, being a military base.
Here are my specs, if it will help.
Gateway P4 2.26 GHz 756MB RDRAM
ATI Radeon X800 256MB
Ultra 400W Power Supply
The PC worked perfectly right before I packed it up, and it arrived completely undamaged, as it was bubblewrapped all to hell. I've double checked all the connections to the PC, and all the connections inside of it. For some reason I just think that it's not getting enough power to it.
Any suggestions?
I just moved from the US over to Okinawa, Japan. I'm currently living in military barracks. I unpacked my PC last night, hooked it up and tried to boot it up.
The PC turns on, but doesn't boot up. The light on the power button is supposed to be green, but is instead an amber color. The same goes for the LCD monitor, it too, is amber colored instead of green.
A little more background on the issue. A few months ago, I was having an issue of the computer shutting off while I was playing video games on it. Sometimes, just the monitor would go black, with the light on it turning to amber, and other times, the whole computer would freeze. I figured it was the power supply not being able to keep up with my new video card, so I picked up a 400W power supply. I installed the power supply and everything worked fine, up until now.
I've popped open the case and powered up the PC. The video card is getting power, as the fan is moving on it, as is the fan on the motherboard. I also hear the hard drives working, and the CD and DVD drives work also.
I've tried plugging it into other outlets in the room. I've used 3 different surge protectors. I've even tried plugging it directly into the wall without a surge protector.
The room has an air conditioner, a refridgerator, a dehumidfier, and a microwave in it. They all work fine, and I've even tried unplugging all of them to see if the PC would boot fine, but to no avail. All the outlets look like US outlets, being a military base.
Here are my specs, if it will help.
Gateway P4 2.26 GHz 756MB RDRAM
ATI Radeon X800 256MB
Ultra 400W Power Supply
The PC worked perfectly right before I packed it up, and it arrived completely undamaged, as it was bubblewrapped all to hell. I've double checked all the connections to the PC, and all the connections inside of it. For some reason I just think that it's not getting enough power to it.
Any suggestions?