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Computer Does not boot after power cut

Last answer on Jul 25, 2009 9:42:51 pm BST confusedwhippet, on Jun 24, 2009 9:49:50 pm BST 
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Hello,

I have read through all the brilliant info but still no joy.

I have an E-Systems machine that was booting up when we had a power cut.
It now turns on fans run but no beeps.

I cleaned the machine out, removed ram, processor is heating up but nothing.
Had some lunch and came back an hour later tried switching on an to my amazement it started to boot up. It never fully booted but I could access the bios and was asked how to boot up.
It then restarted and am now back to square one.

No beeps, just fans running.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Configuration: Windows XP

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 Aliencatdevice, on Jul 25, 2009 9:42:51 pm BST

Hi, I would recommend testing your power supply is ok, I have a customers Athlon 2200+ based pc on the bench at the moment which has just suffered a power cut causing the CPU fan and case cooling fans to run slowly and the power led to light up as soon as you apply power, no startup beeps or video display at all. I have just tried an old spare 350w ATX power supply and everything is now powering up. Normally when a power supply fails through a surge or spike such as you can get with a power cut, the damage will be confined to the power supply, but on the rare occasion I've had to replace motherboards and/or processors.
Lets hope yours is the cheaper.

   
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