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Ok, so before i started swapping stuff i tried starting it up again, now it wont start up at all the power light comes on and the fans but the screen is black.

And now it beeps 1 second after...

i think i just found my problem.
When i plug in the power cord in to one of those mini-tower, the fan in the psu starts up full blast for about one second. Its like a car doing a rev, always tought...

Ill try changing the psu with my other pc to test it when i get a chance .
Ill keep you posted.
Thanks again

Usb ports still have power, but no connection can be made with peripherals.

Yep the dvd drive works great, opens and closes and the the light flickers too.

I turned on caps an num lock, then at the windows loading screen the monitor flashed and both lights whent off, num...

The motherboard dident come with any monitoring utilities, but ill ckeck Dell's website just in case.

When the screen is black, theres nothing going on with the pc, nothing respond (mouse or...

I was able to restart it this evening, the pc stayed on a whole 5 minutes before it blackout again :(

I looked at the system event log, the only thing it displays is the amount of memory changes...

Ok so i tried the memory test this morning on each of the sticks but the screen blacked out on both of the strips.

All the fans are working properly.

Then something weird happened, i restarted...

I just tried it with the other monitor and cable and i got the same result :(.

Its late, im tired, long day....
im gonna check the fans and test the ram tomorrow, ill keep you updated.
Thanks...

im not home right now so ill check the fans and try another monitor as soon as i get home,
thanks for the help

The screen is fine, ive tried it on another computer, when i power it up while its disconnected it just stays black, and the power light flashes. Thats what its always done when theres no signal.

ive tried both, nothing
in safe mode it does the exact same thing, the screen goes black right after the "windows xp loading" screen, ( i only see the "safe mode" writing in every corner of the...

ive tried that too, im getting pretty desperate

yep ive tried that, no luck

I wasen't sure where to post this, so if im in the wrong place, sorry.
Here goes, Im having a weird pc problem, it started about a week ago when my computer simply stoped in its tracks (power is...