PC Wont boot - HELP

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Bought a usb3 pci card a few months ago and decided to fit it tonight.
So installed it and on boot the pc powers up but is beeping every 4 seconds. It takes you to a blank screen with a white underscore and just sits there.

Unplugged the pci card and the computer is still doing the same thing.
What do i do? I am going to take out the memory modules one at a time and the the HDDs and see if this solves anything.

Any one got any ideas? This only started when i put the pci card in (Side note the card has a 4pin mole plug on it which I did plug into the power supply)
 
Check that everything is connected properly and you didn't accidently pull a power cable out. Reseat your RAM. Reset the BIOS. Those are the usual suspects when you put something in and then things go balls-up.
 
Rudimental said:
Check that everything is connected properly and you didn't accidently pull a power cable out. Reseat your RAM. Reset the BIOS. Those are the usual suspects when you put something in and then things go balls-up.
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plugged in the front fan and now it started.(Case had been open the whole time so couldn't be over heating)
When i plug in the pci usb card the beeping starts again.

What i find strange is that the first time i took the pci card out it was still beeping.
 
Try a bios update from the manufacturers website before installing the card again (if it boots again)...If that doesn't work then test another power supply in your PC - Actually, try a different PSU first.. Otherwise I think the mother board or PCI card is faulty.

The beeps usually mean something. If you can find your manual with a description of what those beeps mean you can narrow down the problem. Good luck
 
nSidious said:
Try a bios update from the manufacturers website before installing the card again (if it boots again)...If that doesn't work then test another power supply in your PC - Actually, try a different PSU first.. Otherwise I think the mother board or PCI card is faulty.

The beeps usually mean something. If you can find your manual with a description of what those beeps mean you can narrow down the problem. Good luck
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thanks will do!

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no update for the bios it seems.
How would the powers upply effect it? The pci slot works because I plugged something else into and it runs fine.
 
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1. Make sure you unplug power cord before swapping PCI cards.
2. Extra power connector is required only for power hungry devices, like external hard drives. Leave it out during testing.
 
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sajunky said:
1. Make sure you unplug power cord before swapping PCI cards.
2. Extra power connector is required only for power hungry devices, like external hard drives. Leave it out during testing.
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Tried this made no difference

It's intel dgn965wh i think
 
sajunky said:
Does it mean you have tried it before without unplugging power cord?
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no unplugged the pc when changing the pci card. Meant i had tried booting with pci card power connector plugged and unplugged
 
Few months ago, it must be under warranty. Bring it to the shop, let them examine it. And remember that USB3.0 is going to saturate PCI bus, it means you won't get full USB3.0 performance from such setup.

Also check PCI version of the card, and whether is compatible with PCI revisions of i965(?) chipset. Maybe you will be able to replace with PCI Express card, the best solution.
 
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Sorry didn't mean to hijack this thread But i'm having similar issues here. My pc wont start.

When I press the power button - nothing happens. but when I press the clear Cmos button at the back, the fans move for split second then dies out, as well as my PSU light. So its clear that there is power going through but not sure where the problem lies?

I tried removing my ram individually and see if its the cause of the problem and nope, its not.
Unplugged everything expect power and HDMI to monitor.

My PC Spec:
CPU - Intel i5 3570k
CPU Cooler - Corsair H60 cpu water cooler
Mobo - AsRock Z77E ITX
RAM - Corsair Vengeance Low Profile DDR3 1600 2 x 8GB
Case - Lian Li PC-Q08
SSD - ADATA 128GB
PSU - Zalman ZM600-HP 600w
GPU - PowerColor HD 6850 1GB
 
OP- sounds like your PCI card is faulty. Have you tried it out in another PC?

keymaster said:
Sorry didn't mean to hijack this thread But i'm having similar issues here. My pc wont start.

When I press the power button - nothing happens. but when I press the clear Cmos button at the back, the fans move for split second then dies out, as well as my PSU light. So its clear that there is power going through but not sure where the problem lies?

I tried removing my ram individually and see if its the cause of the problem and nope, its not.
Unplugged everything expect power and HDMI to monitor.

My PC Spec:
CPU - Intel i5 3570k
CPU Cooler - Corsair H60 cpu water cooler
Mobo - AsRock Z77E ITX
RAM - Corsair Vengeance Low Profile DDR3 1600 2 x 8GB
Case - Lian Li PC-Q08
SSD - ADATA 128GB
PSU - Zalman ZM600-HP 600w
GPU - PowerColor HD 6850 1GB
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Have you checked that your power button is connected to your mobo?
 
OP : Check in another PC and/or find out what the beep pattern means from the manual ?

Keymaster : Is this a new pc or just started randomly ?

EDIT : oh right, just saw your reply :D
 
I had a Pentium 3 800Mhz pc long time ago, and one day it just shutdown and won't boot .Next day it boots again and will work fine for a day or 2 :? . Then it shutdowns again and for the world it won't start up again. I gave it to our IT guy ( I was like 14 15 what did I know. It stood a there and didn't do anything. So he sends it back to me and the 3 day it won't boot again. Me being fed up with this **** took the thing in my own hands...... First I thought it was overheating. ... but no

So one day I start up the pc open the BOIS and under the PSU power voltage I found the problem the pc would boot then the 12V rail starts at 12.50v and slowly creep up to over 13v+ ( takes some time ) Then the motherboard shuts itself down (over voltage protection) can't believe the pc even had that :0. So found the problem and new psu ...... worked fined :)

So sometimes more then u will think a PSU can be the bitch
 
DTBA said:
I had a Pentium 3 800Mhz pc long time ago, and one day it just shutdown and won't boot .Next day it boots again and will work fine for a day or 2 :? . Then it shutdowns again and for the world it won't start up again. I gave it to our IT guy ( I was like 14 15 what did I know. It stood a there and didn't do anything. So he sends it back to me and the 3 day it won't boot again. Me being fed up with this **** took the thing in my own hands...... First I thought it was overheating. ... but no

So one day I start up the pc open the BOIS and under the PSU power voltage I found the problem the pc would boot then the 12V rail starts at 12.50v and slowly creep up to over 13v+ ( takes some time ) Then the motherboard shuts itself down (over voltage protection) can't believe the pc even had that :0. So found the problem and new psu ...... worked fined :)

So sometimes more then u will think a PSU can be the bitch
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hahahaha~ Yes, I'm thinking its the PSU! It died last time, and luckily its still under warranty so I got a new one...now after about a year, this happens...not sure if its the PSU again, but if it is, i don't think i'll buy zalman products anytime soon.

Just hope my PSU is still under warranty.
 
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