...my gaming rig messed up on me 2 days ago...It was working fine, and the only thing I did before it stopped working was straighten my surround sound speaker wires (they were mad tangled)...I go to boot up after this, and the computer turns on, but doesnt do anything (no bios, nothing)...I cant even get into bios. Brand new mobo, ram, and cpu...all were working fine...Is there something (anything) i can do to get into bios or to get it back up and running? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks

 

This may sound dumb, but pull the plug, reseat the RAM, and pull the jumper to reset the CMOS, then turn it on. It might help.

 

Take off the CMOS battery for about 5 sec. and put back in.

**RESET**
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do you get any beeps when it's turning on?

 

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Reseat all the cards.

Then clear CMOS.

 

Hammer.... and an axe... those work great for fixing boot problems.

 

I'm thinking power supply? Are you getting any response from the machine at all when the powers turned on? Do the fans spin up, do the HD's at least try to spin up? Or do you just press the button and nothing.

If your getting fan noises, I'd check the main ATX plug into the MB might have come loose but if your getting nothing, the PS probably died and needs replaced.

 

make sure the video card is all the way seated, and the cable is tight in the back, it sounds stupid, but ive gone behind the comp to fix a cable before and inadvertantly knocked the vid cable outta place.

 

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how do i reset the ram???


did that...it worked for about 15 minutes, I had to restart, and when I did, Im back to square one...nothing

video card is BRAND new, i tested it in my other rig, and it works fine...same with the RAM, cpu, etc...


So, basically im stuck...how exactly do I reset the cmos, ram, cards? Thanks for all the help so far guys