Built my wife's PC about a year ago. Epox MB with an Athlon, 2 sticks of
256MB RAM, 2 hard drives, DVD drive, and a Radeon 9800SE vid card. Recently
when she turns on the PC it usually will not boot and just makes a sound
that is kind of an alternating high then low beep. Hitting the reset button
will usually cause it to then boot.
Yesterday I pulled off the cover of the case to check out the problem. After
checking that the video and memory were seated and all cables were
connected, I plugged it back in and tried to turn it on.When power is turned
on the case fans spin, the cpu and video card fans also are spinning but
nothing else happens. It does not display anything on the monitor. Hitting
reset does nothing at all. Everything appears to be getting power, but the
boot process just does not seem to be starting. Oddly, the DVD drive will
not open it's tray when the button is pushed.
I have tried swapping video cards with a known working one from my kids pc
and get the same thing. I have swapped the power connecters on the hard
drives and the DVD drive. I have tried disconnecting each hard drive
individually and then both hard drives. I have tried booting with just one
stick of memory. At this point I am at a loss for what might be wrong. Could
the CPU be dead? The motherboard? Or does it sound like a power supply
problem?
Jerry
