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yeah, i left it out for 20 minutes, and then tried it with no luck. i left it out all night. is there anyway i can reload the bios? thanks
 
resetting the bios with the battery doesnt always work not to mention its not as easy as the other method , better use the jumper method see your motherboard manual for more info , anyway in my opinion the possible troublemakers are

a) does your graphic card have a 6pin pci-e power connector? if so maybe you didnt connect the cable to it

b) power supply - get a digital multimeter and see these guides
http://www.ochardware.com/articles/psuvolt/psuvolt.html
http://www.driverheaven.net/guides/testingPSU/
report back with the voltages

c) motherboard - check for bad smell also for bad capacitors see examples
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195
http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index27.htm , even if it doesnt have neither it still doesnt rule it out

d) monitor - take it to a friend and see how it goes there,or attach it to your other computer (if you got one)

e) the ram - test it on a friends computer or on your other computer if you got one (of course make sure the motherboard supports that type of ram before doing it) , also check on the ram manufacturer site for motherboard compatbility and see if it was tested fine with your motherboard


and as for "nothing happend when i took the memory out" - a computer cant work with no ram well ok maybe it can but you just wont see anything ,
 
jeremy said:
and as for "nothing happend when i took the memory out" - a computer cant work with no ram well ok maybe it can but you just wont see anything ,

It produces beep codes. If the board is bad, it will not produce beep codes.
 
im having kinda the same probem. is it possible it is the video card slot? can that break without affecting the rest of the board?
 
its alright, thanks who helped, a friend took my comp. He has some shuttle parts and hes going to test them. Thanks alot.
 
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