Get Post but no bios

[happykappy]

I have an ASUS P4G8X motherboard, 1 gb Ram, nvidia card/
Get Post recognize video card and starts post. No Beeps.
Stops completely. Unable to get into bios. Membory appears to be ok. Get light on MB and fan starts on chip.
What else should I be looking for. Could be MB. Any way to check that out. Does not recognize floppy or hard drive or CD. Just stops after post. Del key does not do anything.

 

[vacunita]

Unplug and remove everything except One stick of ram, processor and the video card.

No drives or anything else should be plugged in.

See if you can get into BIOS then.




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[happykappy]

I have nothing plugged in. Tried 1 stick RAM at a time. Still same results. Initialize plug and play cards, pnp plugs, then stops. Cursor blinking underneath, hit del key and cursor disappears. Probably something shorted on MB but not sure how to tell. Any other suggestions appreciated.

 

[BadBigBen]

Probably something shorted on MB but not sure how to tell.

Take it out of the case and lay it on a wooden table (card board, anything non conductive), then plug only GFX-Card, RAM, keyboard. and the CPU (with fan of course) in, then try again... Clear CMOS, just to be on the safe side, also a bad/drained/old battery can cause this as well...

report back with findings...



Ben

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[happykappy]

I have it on a wooden platform with nothing connected. except ps, mouse, keyboard and video card Cleared the CMOS thru moving jumpers and back again, Removed the battery for 30 sec and put it back, did not replace the battery, could that be an issue. Does the battery control the ability to get into bios.

 

[edfair]

Does POST tell you what key for setup? Can be [DEL] or F1, F2, F10. Or possibly listed in the manual, if you have one.

There are issues that can arise from low battery. Try taking it out overnight and see if it helps.

Some M/Bs come with the CMOS clear jumpered to save battery life. Gives interesting results if you happen to get one and don't notice.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[MrNick0483]

With the fact that the mobo is posting its unlikely that its the mobo being bad, you have some hardware incompatibility somewhere.

 

[BadBigBen]

With the fact that the mobo is posting its unlikely that its the mobo being bad

I have to disagree, I have seen too many mainboards that went through POST, and where BAD...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.

 

[goombawaho]

If you have taken the motherboard out of the case with everything non-essential unplugged and it still doesn't go into BIOS, the motherboard is likely bad UNLESS it was the video or RAM causing a problem.

The only way to check that is to change the video card and RAM installed, alternately of course.

 

[happykappy]

I have changed the video card and still the same problem. Maybe I accidently shorted something on the mb. I don't have any ram to exchange. Would have but the manufacturers keep changing the type of RAM for mbs and can't afford to keep buying hardware for an older systems.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated but I am close to giving up the ghost.
Thank you all for the all the suggestions.

 

[goombawaho]

I wouldn't buy RAM to test only borrow. I think you did fry it or it died on its own.

What exactly transpired BEFORE this happened - power problem, power supply problem, working on the computer (adding RAM, changing cases, changing other items).

It's odd that it just spontaneously died, but I guess not unheard of.