hello i am so lost.. first off i'm a newbie when it comes to rebuilding
comps. and such. but the other day i was going to install a slave hard
drive so that i could have another hard drive in this comp. well i
disconnected my old hardrive, plugged new one in and reformatted it to
be like new... then i was going to put the harddrive into the case and
mount it... thats when i hit a prob. the mobo fan was in the way and
also the flat lines that connect from the mobo to the hard drive,
cd-rom... etc... so i unplugged the cords (after numbering them to
remember which one went where) and i started to unscrew the fan. but i
changed my mind half way through unscrewing the fan. because i decided
maybe i shouldn't mess with things i dont know too much about yet. so i
screwed the fan back in the rest of the way and plugged cords in. put
case back together and started er up...... no beep no monitor
signal!!!!!!! f*ck me!!! any one have any idea what could have
happend? also i was using a magnitized tipped
screwdriver<<<<<< friend said it wouldnt be strong
enough to cause any damage... is he right? any ideas?? please help
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May 16, 2009
- this one sorry man
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May 16, 2009
- yes i never took anything out... i just started to take the mobo fan out so i could fit the other harddrive. but stopped before all the screws were out. i will post more pics. i have a cd-rw drive rom drive floppy,
May 17, 2009
- full view: http://i40.tinypic.com/iej79d.jpg first cord closest to the face of comp is attached to floppy. labeled 1: http://i44.tinypic.com/14tvmt5.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/2mrwncw.jpg second cord (yellow) labeled 2 is connected to the hard drive http://i40.tinypic.com/2lb0xaw.jpg the third cord is connected to the two rom drives http://i41.tinypic.com/2zzrr4i.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/2m2j3w8.jpg and this is the fan i started to take out.. and no sorry to say was not wearing ground strap http://i42.tinypic.com/3sis1.jpg
May 17, 2009
- and no i unly unscrewed the fan never even lifted it out... same fan no moved just was unscrewed for 3-5 mins.
May 17, 2009
- ok disconnected hdd in comp. connected the other one and reformatted the second one. disconnected second one and reconnected original hdd. no led on mobo that i can see...cd drives have lights lit up and they open and close...psu fan spins whole time the mobo fan has not turned on... i dont even see and fuses... will look harder in a min...nothing on monitor ever... i have another desktop that i have been using so i know the monitor works... it says "no signal check computer power and monitor cable"
firstly i personaly would not use a magnetic screwdriver pc components are delecate did you use an anti static wristband? static from you can fry components. however you may have just pluged somethig in wrong can you upload photos to a web server or something so i can see whats pluged in were?
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May 16, 2009
- ok ive just had a look at your pic how many power cables do you have going to your motherboard i can only see 1 conector with about 4 pins on you should have another with between 20 and 24 pins. also is your ide cable conected to your hdd? please post more pics but try and make the conections easier to see also make your cables neater so i can see your motherboard conections just helps me to see what you have got. looks like you have 2 disk drives hdd and flopy drive. you can disconect these drives and just leave hdd . have you put everything back they way you fould it ie origional hdd etc?
May 16, 2009
- did you actualy remove the cpu fan and replace? if you did it is very important that you replace the grease that is inbetween the fan and cpu and you should have used an antistatic wrist band espesialy working near the cpu you should be able to get the hdd out without removing the fan but i need more pics please
May 17, 2009
- ok so what happened to the hdd you reformated? could you have reformated the wrong drive by mistake leaving the drive you are using now unformated or corupt in some way ?
things to check any lights on? check everything motherboards somtimes have small leds is it lit? your cd drives have lights do they come on briefly ? do an fans spin? check cpu fan case fan if you have one most importantly check your psu power supply unit
might sound stupid have you checked fuses?
is there anything on monitor even briefly? they usaly tell you if they arenot recieving a signal let me know what your findings are might have to go back to basics to find this fault it looks from the pics to be wired correctly
May 18, 2009
- sounds like your motherboard is not recieving power how many power cables do you have like i said earlier i can see 1 cable with 4 pins there should be another cable with 20 to 24 pins on i cannot see this on the pics
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