HELLO
I recently bought a cheap pc from a friend and thought i would be able to get it going with the right bits that it needed internally (harddrive memory etc)
The problem is it tries to boot up and all it seems to do is the cpu fan is spinning at ten to the dozen the cd dvd drive light is on all the time & it has a blank screen (no picture what so ever).
I have tried literally everything to try and get this thing going and it is driving me mad.
Does anyone have any ideas what it could be.
I have tried another graphics card / different memory / new power supply / removing the cmos battery and many others but to no joy.
Any ideas would be a bonus cheers
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Jump to Postis the Video connection on board or a PCI card. is this a VGA or DVI connection.
Jump to Postif you are not geting anything on the screen then some thing is wrong with the video card of the mo board is dead.
Remove all connected items including the video card, then connect the video card ONLY, then try to boot, see what happen
Jump to Postyou are using a AGP card from other computer are you sure its comparable with the compaq board .right speed and voltage .
Jump to PostDisconnect all drives -- both signal and power cables. Only way to rule out a faulty drive hard or optical or floppy.
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