PC wont start after storing it

by Zekegeek Feb 12, 2006 4:39AM PST

I recently went on a hiatus for some 6 months. Now I'm back, my desktop pc wont start fully. It will not go into windows, not even into the bios setup. It gets to the point at the very beginining of the starting where you see the messages that says;
-it does the ram check this is ok
-detecting drives
-displays the drives it found
then it just hangs there.

There was once I managed to get as far as logging into windows XP. but only once, now it only gets as far as the display drive message.

It had a brand new mother board as before I left the old one crapped out.

can anyone help? I'm suspecting the CMOS battery or is it something else? thanks

I got a 1.7ghz celeron, 512ram, windows xp sp2

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Zeke, So...

by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator Feb 12, 2006 7:28AM PST

..have you tried replacing the CMOS battery? It's easy and cheap to do.

How To Replace The CMOS Battery In Your PC(Procedures and Pictures)

Also, have you tried starting the computer into Safe Mode? Will it do that?

How To Start In 'Safe Mode'

Hope this helps.

Grif

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CMOS

by Zekegeek Feb 12, 2006 8:19AM PST

Nope havent replaced the CMOS batt yet, live some ways from town, so will have to make a trip in to do that.

It will not go into BIOS setup so that's got me scratching my head. Is this part of the problem or will a CMOS batt failure cause the non-BIOS start?

Thanks

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Generally, The CMOS Battery Won't Cause Total Loss..

by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator Feb 12, 2006 10:37AM PST

..but you won't know for sure till you troubleshoot that item..Occasionally, there may be corrosion around the battery circuits which could easily cause major issues. So when you replace the battery, make sure to check for corrosion around the battery area and check for leaking or bulging capacitors on the motherboard..Either could be causing the problem.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Thanks!

by Zekegeek Feb 12, 2006 11:06AM PST

will look out for the pointers

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Is this the first time you powered

by retired Feb 13, 2006 3:49AM PST

the computer on since the MOBO was changed? Or did it work OK before you left?

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Working fine

by Zekegeek Feb 13, 2006 10:59AM PST

Yes, it was working fine then

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At this point I would suggest this

by retired Feb 13, 2006 11:03PM PST

Open the case and turn it on to make sure all the fans are working, especially CPU. While the cover is off clean out the dust. Pull out and re-seat all cables,Ram, Video card. try starting with only the basics needed to start the computer, One HDD,Video,CD/ROM,floppy,mouse,Keyboard.

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