PC not booting at all

[RedEdain]

Hi!

At my school robotics' team, we have a PC that last year, two students where ''repairing it'' but ended just put a mess in.

This year, I've repaired it, but it's not even booting, just displaying a white blinking underscore, on the upper left corner of the screen.

Nothing else happens. It just keeps blinking, even after two hours.

 

The computer is a Dell Precision 390 Workstation, working (not anymore ;( ) on Windows 10.

 

The ''mess'' that I've talked about was:

-The SATA cable was unplugged from the HDD

-The CPU Fan and the case fan were unplugged and were seating onto the RAM sticks

-There was thermal paste onto the CPU locker, onto a condensator and even one CPU pad had thermal paste on (They've put too many of it)

-The GPU wasn't fully inserted into the PCI-E slot and not fully locked on the PCI Cover

-The PCI Lock was lying beside the fans

-The floppy disc reader isn't fixed on the case anymore

-All the cables were everywhere (It took 1 hour of cable management --' )

 

Could it be that something damaged the M-Board or something else?

Or it's a BIOS error?

 

Thanks!

RedEdain

 

[Mr. Question Asker]

1 minute ago, RedEdain said:

Hi!

At my school robotics' team, we have a PC that last year, two students where ''repairing it'' but ended just put a mess in.

This year, I've repaired it, but it's not even booting, just displaying a white blinking underscore, on the upper left corner of the screen.

Nothing else happens. It just keeps blinking, even after two hours.

 

The computer is a Dell Precision 390 Workstation, working (not anymore ;( ) on Windows 10.

 

The ''mess'' that I've talked about was:

-The SATA cable was unplugged from the HDD

-The CPU Fan and the case fan were unplugged and were seating onto the RAM sticks

-There was thermal paste onto the CPU locker, onto a condensator and even one CPU pad had thermal paste on (They've put too many of it)

-The GPU wasn't fully inserted into the PCI-E slot and not fully locked on the PCI Cover

-The PCI Lock was lying beside the fans

-The floppy disc reader isn't fixed on the case anymore

-All the cables were everywhere (It took 1 hour of cable management --' )

 

Could it be that something damaged the M-Board or something else?

Or it's a BIOS error?

 

Thanks!

RedEdain

 

You can try set the defaults of BIOS

[RedEdain]

Just now, Mr. Question Asker said:

You can try set the defaults of BIOS

No, because nothing happens. Once the computer is on, it's just showing the blinking underscore. I can't access to anything.

[Mr. Question Asker]

Just now, RedEdain said:

No, because nothing happens. Once the computer is on, it's just showing the blinking underscore. I can't access to anything.

I think something is wrong with the Motherboard like firmware crash, you can try to replace your Motherboard!

[RedEdain]

Just now, Mr. Question Asker said:

I think something is wrong with the Motherboard like firmware crash, you can try to replace your Motherboard!

Oh shoot. If the motherboard's broken, I can't replace it, since the teacher dosen't want to invest money in this computer... 

Thanks for your help!

RedEdain

[Mr. Question Asker]

1 minute ago, RedEdain said:

Oh shoot. If the motherboard's broken, I can't replace it, since the teacher dosen't want to invest money in this computer... 

Thanks for your help!

RedEdain