Computer Question

[Palestine]

My computer powers up, the keyboard flashes once,
and that is it. There is no power to the keyboard after
the initial flash and nothing comes up on the monitor.
The lights on front of the computer stay on and the
CD drives open and close. What is the problem?

(I am using my spare machine at this time.)

[LTR]

1. check the connection

Might be loose.

Otherwise, get a new keyboard. They're cheap.

[Palestine]

3. the screen stays black

should not the screen show the Windows logo?

[TrogL]

2. make sure your speaker is hooked up

It sounds like it's failing its power-up-sequence. Often this is because of loose or blown RAM.

The speaker may give a series of coded beeps telling you what's wrong (see motherboard manufacturer's website).

[Palestine]

5. interesting

the speaker was off.
I will try that now.

[Mojambo]

10. I agree with the RAM idea

I'd swap in some new RAM and probably look into trying a new power supply. If neither of those are bad then it's probably a motherboard problem.

[Palestine]

11. I tightened the RAM and it works!

I would never have guessed that.
Thank You

[TrogL]

12. damn I'm good

I'd better be. I do this for a living.

[Palestine]

14. That is the last thing I would have guessed

You saved my bacon.
(And I don't even eat bacon :)

[TrogL]

15. Glad to be of help

[donco6]

4. Sounds like a motherboard problem

Had to have mine replaced when it acted this way. Cost me about $250.

[Palestine]

6. I hope that's not it

[donco6]

7. All I can say is, . . .

. . . I had a problem with my computer a few months back, where I would turn it on, it would begin to boot, I could hear the hard drive spinning up for a second or two, then bloop, nothing.

Took it in and they said the motherboard had gone. Thankfully, not the processor.

[LTR]

8. How's the monitor?

Is it old?

It could have fried. Same thing happened to me.

[Palestine]

9. luckily, the monitor works

I am using it now :)

[Palestine]

13. Thank you all for fixing my machine

What a relief!