Question about actual computer.

[.alchinko.]

hey my comp. isnt working. well it turns on but the video card dosent turn on, (i can tell by the fans on it not spinnign) also my comp. turns on automatically. when i hit the switch in back it turns on i dont press the switch iin front. please help me

[tybrenis]

Can you re-phrase your question a little better? I'm not quite sure that I understand what you are saying... are you saying that when you hit the switch on your power supply in the back your computer turns on? That's normal, that just means your computer was set to "on" and your PSU to "off". Just flip the switch on the back to turn it on, and next time you turn it off, use the power switch in the front. That should clear up those problems... as for your video card, I don't know. Make sure it's all the way in? Un-plug and re-plug it in, otherwise I dunno.

[Nagoshi]

I dont think thats his problem. Normally when I close my computer with the rear switch and get it back to ON it is shut. But it may depends on PSU model and motherboard.

Did you made any modifications, or opened your case recently? HAve you changed your video card? and the video card fan not working... well, mine doesnt work really well too (about like not even 500rpm), in fact when I cleaned it it wasnt even turning. Even now, its all clean and still doesnt spin out much.

Maybe a bad contact somewhere?

[.Maleficus.]

Hello everyone! Me and alchinko are real life friends, and I know a little about what he's talking about so I will try to contribute. The video card thing, we switched his video card with mine, and mine didn't work in his computer either. So I don't think it's a video card problem. Beyond that, I don't know. Hopefully this helps.

[silverdemon]

have you tried another card in the same slot? (network card or something) maybe your slot is out...

[.Maleficus.]

I don't think anything would happen if something else was in there... Is it even possible to put a PCI card in an AGP slot? Thats the thing... it's an AGP video card.

[.jrauck]

Is it the newer type of video cards where you have to plug in a 4 pin connector from ur power supply? If so then it shouldnt be the slot being no power going from the motherboard just sends information to it. Also then it could be ur power supply, but for ur computer turning on wrong that would have to be some modifaction of some kind.

[AKA_RA]

depending on what mtoehrboard you have, theres 2 ways to help figure out whats going wrong with your computer. if your motherboard has diagnostic leds on it, thats a huge help. if not, make sure you have that little speaker hooked up, you know, that annoying one that beeps when you mess something up. it should beep if you try to start up your computer and somethings either missing or dead.

[cheztir]

Have you added anything else that would draw power since the last time it worked? You might be overloading your PSU at boot, something similar to this was occuring on a friend of mine's comp.

[.alchinko.]

o eyah i did add a 120mm fan so ill unplug that and my lights and see if it works. and as far as re-phrasing the question.ok. its pluggged in but the actual powur supply switch is off. when i turn that on my whokle comp. starts up.

[.alchinko.]

have you tried another card in the same slot? (network card or something) maybe your slot is out...

hhhhhhhmmm good idea. how would i network it?

[CanaBalistic]

depending on what mtoehrboard you have, theres 2 ways to help figure out whats going wrong with your computer. if your motherboard has diagnostic leds on it, thats a huge help. if not, make sure you have that little speaker hooked up, you know, that annoying one that beeps when you mess something up. it should beep if you try to start up your computer and somethings either missing or dead.

To elaborate on this... One beep means everything is ok. If it beeps 2 or 3 times it means there is a problem. Ill search for the beep cipher in my course books.


About the Power question:
What OS do you have? ill asume XP-SP2 unless otherwise noted.
It might be a loose wire on the motherboard atx connector. They have "Power Good" signal wires and that might be shorting out (just an idea)
Check your BIOS "Power Managment" options, Aswell as the "Power Options" in the control panel.

[.alchinko.]

so the power problem has been fixed. the powercord into my motherboard wasent all the way in. Thanks for the suggestion who ever sent it. any ways my videocard now works it just isnt sending a single to the moniter. the fan on it and the lights come on but the screen dosent. any suggestions? im gone for the week so leave me some ideas

[Nagoshi]

Be sure your monitor is rightly plugged in and powered. Try using your computer with another screen. This way you will know if its the screen or the video card.

[.alchinko.]

im back and i tryed another screenm and nothin. it might be my slot how would i check that?

[Nagoshi]

Try another video card in it.

AGP (or PCI-Express) slots are video slots, and thus you cant put a network card in it.

Do you actually see the BIOS booting screen and the Windows loading screen?

[.Maleficus.]

He tried my video card too, and I guess it didn't work.

[savincent]

Try changing thru memory sticks, like take them all out, then insert one, and if that doesn't work, take that one out, and replace it with another.

I've had that same problem with two computers so far due to bad memory sticks.

Also might try booting with minimal crap. Like unplug pretty much everything except the nessities, Main HD, Video, Processor, One stick of Ram, and your main fans (CPU and Video). And try booting like that.

[jestyyr]

a few questions/statements,
if you have reset your bios recently, some have power after failure type settings, usually with three options similar to these. 1) last, (meaning if your comp was on when unplugged it will turn on when plugged back in. this is sometimes a default setting) 2) Alway on, turns your computer on when power is found. 3)off, means when you plug the thing in you have to push a button to turn it on.
also, and this is a big one, if you have onboard video your bios can sometimes default to it after a reset, sometimes even to the point of ignoring your expansion slot.
if you have a dead cmos battery unplugging from the wall will sometimes reset your bios to defaults, the above are two possible side effects.

[.alchinko.]

ok found out what was wrong... motherboard got fried power supplie voltiges all wrong... new power supply new motherboard.. thanks for the help everyone