I have a brand new P4 3.4ghz with a gig of RAM. Was exiting a game last nite and suddenly it just froze, I tried restarting it and now all that happends is the fans and lights go on but no beeps or anything on screen appear. Any ideas what is wrong?

Thanks

Was this PC built or store bought...

Do you know what bios it has... AMI, Phoenix etc...

WHat is the beep code sequence?

Thanks For your reply.

It was built. Im not sure of the Bios but I know its a brand new Gigabyte motherboard. There is no beep sequence as there are no beeps at present. It doesnt make a sound. All that happens is the fans and lights go on, and thats about it.

Did you build this or someone else...

Have you checked to make sure there is thermal grease between the heat sink and cpu?

Open the case and look to see if there is a PC speaker pluged onto the motherboard

If not connect one...

I built it. It was working perfectly. There is a speaker, it did beep every time it used to start up. Im not sure if there is paste, but it did have some pre-boxed, coz I got some of it on my hand.

A single beep on boot is normal...

3.4 is one fast and hot cpu...

Did you ever change the onboard cpu temp settings...
Did you ever get odd beeps you did not understand?

You may have fried the cpu but the motherboard could be just fine.

Check the thermal paste.

Look for signs of scorching,

Verify that any plastic on the contact point of your heat sink was removed, (some are clear and very hard to see.)

Reset CMOS and try powering up again.

Thank for your interest.

I took the machine to the supplier where a got the components. They tested it, put in another motherboard an it worked like a bomb. I got home and it was going beautifully, then I did the same fatal mistake which was the same thing I did which killed it last time; I plugged in my Ipod into the front USB. Fzzt, gone. Back to square one. Nothing comes on at boot, no beeps just lights and fans.

How would I clear the CMOS coz that sounds like a good idea, and any idea how this could happen?

Thanks.

A defective cord,

Port is possibly wired wrong...

A physically damaged USB port, (we had that one earlier this year)

We got that one working by disconnecting the front usb port from the motherboard.

Oh, and we love it when you leave out critical information like this...

"then I did the same fatal mistake which was the same thing I did which killed it last time; I plugged in my Ipod into the front USB"

You said you were just playing a game when it froze...

So you mean if I unplug the port from the mother board it should work? Did you experience the same "Nothing on Screen" problem?