skylord 1 #1 September 6, 2005 All you experts, My NEW computer died, I think. I've had problems with the computer hard locking at times, almost always when the screen saver kicked in but at times just in the middle of working on something. The problems have ALL occured after installing a different video card. When it would lock up, the keyboard lights would shut off, the mouse stopped working, and the only way to fix it was to restart it by shutting off the power. Ctl-ALT-Del did not work. So I came home today, and the screen is black. No screen saver. I figure same problem. But now when I shut off the power, and turn it back on, the monitor LED stays amber, and I don't get that BIOS "beep" or whatever it is. The screen stays black. I can't boot in safe mode or anything, and I am dead in the water. Is it any good to swap out the video cards? I know this is bad news for the computer. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears. Well, actually eyes since I'm reading this. Unless you send an audio file, then I am all ears..... Thanks for the help in advance.... BobBob Marks "-when you leave the airplane its all wrong til it goes right, its a whole different mindset, this is why you have system redundancy." Mattaman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylord 1 #2 September 6, 2005 Swapped the video cards, no luck. This sucks...... BobBob Marks "-when you leave the airplane its all wrong til it goes right, its a whole different mindset, this is why you have system redundancy." Mattaman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 September 6, 2005 Do the power supply fans run, or anything else?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #4 September 6, 2005 Sounds like some bad RAM. Have you tried re-seating the memory? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skylord 1 #5 September 6, 2005 Yep, the fans start up on the motherboard. RAM is seated.Bob Marks "-when you leave the airplane its all wrong til it goes right, its a whole different mindset, this is why you have system redundancy." Mattaman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 September 6, 2005 Try pulling out one stick of RAM and see if it boots up... if not, swap sticks and try again.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #7 September 6, 2005 QuoteYep, the fans start up on the motherboard. RAM is seated. If you are not hearing the beep when the machine boots up, that means one of the system-level components (e.g., system board, ram, CPU, or video card) is not working properly or is not installed properly. Make sure the video card is seated properly. If you have more than one memory card, try running with just one memory card installed. Try each card in each slot. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feeblemind 1 #8 September 6, 2005 ALso, How many sticks of Ram do you have? Run the minimum you need to boot the system. I had a similiar problem with an Intel board and even tough the ram was the same speed it was from different manufactures. Once I removed 1/2 of it my system was all fixed. Fire Safety Tip: Don't fry bacon while naked Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
