I'd have to disagree with you there.
I've had systems with no beeps that have problems such as this.  This
was due to several different reasons, not the least of which was one
system with the case speaker disconnected :)

Tony Mayer


joseph marty wrote:

>If it were any of those things the mobo should be beeping during the POST, but he says it is completely dead, even though the fans are working.
>
>
>
>>This could also be a bad/loose card (video card etc) or a bad/loose
>>memory chip, or a bad/loose CPU.  I'd start by removing each of the
>>cards and reinserting them.  And also, remove each memory chip and
>>reinsert it and see what happens.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>That's what I'm afraid of Joseph - what do you think, all of you, Power
>>>Supply, Motherboard or Processor? What order do I replace them in?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any more help and suggestions
>>>
>>>John O'Regan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>No, not necessarily a dead power supply, but maybe a dead motherboard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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