Really old pc, turns on but still no image.

[TiCKLZ]

Hi there guys, if anyone could help me I would really apreciate it, really.

 

So here's the thing, my dad has this very old computer, like 5/6 years I guess and out of nowhere now it doesn't show anything in the monitor.

I've tried a couple of things:

-changed the monitor;

-removing the graphics card;

-removing the Ram (tried them both in different sockets);

-clear cmos through the jumpers;

- and a couple a things I don't remember.

 

But nothing really happens. I even have the speaker to hear that little bips to know if anything's wrong and even that doesn't make a sound.

It is very strange cause I CAN turn on the PC, the processor fan is running, everything is connected but I can't see anything at all.

I think that the mobo died.

 

Here some kickass specs:

-Biostar p4m890-m7 pci-e;

-Intel Pentium 4 LGA775(with stock cooler);

-Asus EAX1300HM512;

-DDR2 Rams, I guess? I don't really know.

-300GB 3'5" hard drive;

-240W Power Suply;

-And a horrible case from Packard Bell.

 

 

Do you have any tips? What should I do?

[RedWulf]

ddr3 came about around 2007 so I would assume its not ddr2 

sata was 2003 so its probably not ide

I would say save the hdd and ram and get a new PC because the board or cpu is dying and I doubt its worth replacing it. 

[TiCKLZ]

It is Sata. 

About the Ram I don't even know if they are really working, but I will try to put them in other system just to see.

Thanks for the answer, maybe I  will do that and reuse some parts

[TrifectaIII]

Are you sure it's sata? Cause it definitely looks like ide to me, but only on my phone right now so pictures don't work great.

[0x1e]

2 hours ago, TiCKLZ said:

It is Sata. 

About the Ram I don't even know if they are really working, but I will try to put them in other system just to see.

Thanks for the answer, maybe I  will do that and reuse some parts

 

4 minutes ago, TrifectaIII said:

Are you sure it's sata? Cause it definitely looks like ide to me, but only on my phone right now so pictures don't work great.

 

It's IDE. IDE and SATA are completely different.

 

To be honest, there's nothing worth saving in that machine apart from the P4. Some overclock very well with enough voltage.  Apart from that it has no use.

[Sors]

I once had a PC that would turn on but not POST because the cmos battery was dead.  Have you tried to replace that ?

 

From 100s of PCs, that was the only one I have seen with that problem, and it was not just that particular PC, it's a design problem with that model of DELL laptops.