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Been trying to get this up. The PC doesn't even boot up to POST. According to the owner, the PC is slow to boot up. But hor... the PC now on my hands can't even reach the POST stage.
Some history...
At first when the PC boots up, all it gives me is a long beep. Turns out graphics card is loose and RAM somehow got loose.
Fixed that.... and now I get a PC that doesn't even get to POST. LOL
All I get is a screen that says "Elsa Gladic 528" and then a black screen. Elsa Gladic 528 is a graphics card according to Google search.
1. Reset CMOS jumpers
2. Check that RAM is working fine
3. Check that graphics card is working fine
4. Check that keyboard is working fine
5. Check that hard disk is working fine
Basically, everything is working fine. But nothing is on the screen...
Googled around... might be screen resolution problem... played around with the monitor settings... still nothing.
Another thing... the keyboard isn't working... tested with 3 keyboards... One Dell keyboard, one Logitec, one brandless...
Specs ar...
Intel P4
MSI mobo
Seagate Barracuda IDE HDD
Brandless CD-ROM drive
Elsa Graphics card (128MB)
400W PSU
Any ideas... before I throw it away.
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slot in an old graphics card instead of the owner's and see if the comp can load up anot.
can try changing the CMOS battery aso. -
wha mayi need help lol..
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LOL... who don't need help.
Let me see if I can find a spare one.
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mobo?
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do a visual inspection on the motherboard & video card for capacitor plague.
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BearBear - that was done. Everything is looking fine.
I'm going to get a spare graphics card and test tomorrow. Seems like all my AGP cards have failed on the machine. Looks like AGP slot is dead, but... the system is able to spell out Elsa Gladic 528... which is the graphics card name. LOL
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So probably the owner has 2 choice left: 1. Buy a new comp. 2. Buy a PCI graphics card (which isnt really worth it cos I used one before...)
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mayi...before u throw away, i need some parts
if u are kind enough to give me
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dun throw, u dun wan u can give me!
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have u somehow screwed the proccessor with static electricity? (i noe of someone using a toothbrush trying to brush off the dust at the proccessor, in the end cant even boot to POST mode)
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Originally posted by hiphop2009:
have u somehow screwed the proccessor with static electricity? (i noe of someone using a toothbrush trying to brush off the dust at the proccessor, in the end cant even boot to POST mode)
i know of someone who killed his laptop's keyboard after brushing his keyboard.and that person is someone here
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Originally posted by hiphop2009:
have u somehow screwed the proccessor with static electricity? (i noe of someone using a toothbrush trying to brush off the dust at the proccessor, in the end cant even boot to POST mode)
Hmm. I wonder if there is any anti-static brush for brushing dust off computer components out there.
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Check this website?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#Original_IBM_POST_error_codes
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check psu. same capacitors inside may had blown off and didn't know.
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LOL... this PC never ending problems.
Anyway, I've gotten a spare PCI graphics card to test.
1. PC boots up normally (that's before I reformat and reinstall Windows).
2. Went to reformat and reinstall Windows. That's when problems occur. During the installing stage, everything goes fine. But... at the very last stage (where it restarts and auto adjust a screen resolution for you), the whole screen went blank. zzzzz
Forced reboot the PC. The Windows logo (the one with the green moving bar) appear and disappear for less than one second, then blank.
3. Boot into Safe Mode. All goes well. It loads up fine. Seems pretty much like drivers issue, but I think may not be.
Talking about it... I realized that one setting in BIOS can effectively kill everything (that means whole screen blackout).
In the Advanced settings, there's a setting called INIT setting. The reason why the monitor could show that it's using Elsa Gladic card is because of that. When the PC performs POST, it looks up that setting first, show it on screen, then continue. That means POST didn't FAIL at all. If POST fails, it will give out a long beep, meaning that graphics card isn't detected. The fact that it does detect and blacks out after that stage soon after wards is way beyond me.
After getting a PCI card, I changed the setting to PCI. By right, it should produce the same effect as before... but the monitor LED light is orange in colour.
Forced restart PC again and change the setting back to AGP. Since system can't find AGP card... INIT was skipped. Doing so would produce the effects of Number 2.
And no... the INIT setting can't be turned off.