No Beeps...

Working on a Gateway Computer.
The owner tells me the other day he heard beeps on the computer, but
now nothing.

I tried a new PS, took all cards out reseated RAM and CPU.
Still no beeps, no post. I even took the 2 ram chips out wanting to
hear beeps. But still none.

Does this sound like the CPU or the MOBO.
The CPU Fan spins. The PS is on and the Harddrives are spinning but
not continuing on. And again NO posts....

"davy" <davy.2xmgwm@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> How about the bios back up battery?
> If this is duff the machine will just sit there doing nothing, all you
> need for bios boot is just the CPU RAM and graphic card... "ok ok, we
> need the mobo and power supply as well" :). The rest can be in-plugged
> inc. the hard disc drive.

Don't need a graphics card or RAM, just motherboard, power and CPU - the
beeps tell you all you need to know!

However with no beeps, it doesn't matter what you add, there is still
something fundamental broken.

"fatbob" <fatbob.2xmgwl@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Working on a Gateway Computer.
> The owner tells me the other day he heard beeps on the computer, but
> now nothing.
>
> I tried a new PS, took all cards out reseated RAM and CPU.
> Still no beeps, no post. I even took the 2 ram chips out wanting to
> hear beeps. But still none.
>
> Does this sound like the CPU or the MOBO.
> The CPU Fan spins. The PS is on and the Harddrives are spinning but
> not continuing on. And again NO posts....

I suspect the Motherboard. I had a similar problem recently, only instead of
no beeps, I got a constant 'noise' from the speaker. Turned out to be a dead
motherboard (2nd hand from ebay).

Unplug everything from your system, so there are no power drains (to
elliminate overloaded PSU). Connect only the motherboard, CPU and CPU cooler
and system speaker only. No RAM, no GFX, no drives (not even connected to
power). Do you get any beeps? Even if the CPU is fried, the system should
beep to tell you!

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:54:33 +0100, "GT"
<ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"davy" <davy.2xmgwm@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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>>
>> How about the bios back up battery?
>> If this is duff the machine will just sit there doing nothing, all you
>> need for bios boot is just the CPU RAM and graphic card... "ok ok, we
>> need the mobo and power supply as well" :). The rest can be in-plugged
>> inc. the hard disc drive.
>
>Don't need a graphics card or RAM, just motherboard, power and CPU - the
>beeps tell you all you need to know!
>
>However with no beeps, it doesn't matter what you add, there is still
>something fundamental broken.
>


Are you certain that a board which won't post without a good
battery, will beep? I can't be certain about *all* boards,
but I vaguely recall that some don't beep in this scenario.

The OP should also now try clearing CMOS with AC power
disconnected, and examine the motherboard for bad
capacitors. Presuming the new PSU is a good brand and of
enough current capacity per rail, that nothing else works,
then the odds are the board is bad.

"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:54:33 +0100, "GT"
> <ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"davy" <davy.2xmgwm@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:davy.2xmgwm@no.email.invalid...
>>>
>>> How about the bios back up battery?
>>> If this is duff the machine will just sit there doing nothing, all you
>>> need for bios boot is just the CPU RAM and graphic card... "ok ok, we
>>> need the mobo and power supply as well" :). The rest can be in-plugged
>>> inc. the hard disc drive.
>>
>>Don't need a graphics card or RAM, just motherboard, power and CPU - the
>>beeps tell you all you need to know!
>>
>>However with no beeps, it doesn't matter what you add, there is still
>>something fundamental broken.
>>
>
> Are you certain that a board which won't post without a good
> battery, will beep? I can't be certain about *all* boards,
> but I vaguely recall that some don't beep in this scenario.
>
> The OP should also now try clearing CMOS with AC power
> disconnected, and examine the motherboard for bad
> capacitors. Presuming the new PSU is a good brand and of
> enough current capacity per rail, that nothing else works,
> then the odds are the board is bad.

I can't comment on that. Not sure what happens if the battery is bad - I
have actually never encountered a PC where the BIOS battery had gone flat.
and I have seen a lot of PCs, including the old Dell I took down from the
loft earlier this year - over 10 years old and the CMOS battery still
working!