power supply?

I have a feeling, there is something up with the power supply to my computer. Here are the symptoms:

When I switch the computer on there is a beep every 5 seconds or so
My Monitor when switched on, switches off, and the led begins to flash.

I therefore cannot get the computer going.

Is there something up with the power supply?

Cheers

Deepat

 

Hi plodr

Here is the info that was on my computer

brand/model.>>> Time
No's after model name.>>>>> 0362-500-00300

and further no's.>>>>>00300ML15G4

Hope you can work from this. There is no distinct brand or model, only the name 'Time'

I opened my computer, and noticed there was a fan not working, that was attached to the 'techy device' 'the green card' the one that slots into the 'motherboard I presume' and where the monitor lead goes into the back of the tower.

Probably nothing to do with it, but I thought since the monitor is failing to start, this might have been the problem. I took it out, blew the dust off, checked the two wires, the magnet was Ok, but after all this the computer still beeps.

Its hard to locate where the beeping is coming from.

Will I need to replace something from within the tower?

I cant envisage any other way round this. Perhaps a wire has come loose somewhere else?

I noticed the BIOS card within the tower, I can give you them details if they would help.

 

Probably would as the numbers you posted are not found. A BIOS card, really? How old is this machine?

 

Time went bust around 2002.

So this PC must be quite elderly.

I would guess that the internal battery needs replacing.

Try this first.

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/coincell.htm

 

Yeah I think I know the battery, its a 3V battery, just like the one in the link.

As regards the BIOS, details are as follows.

Phoenix BIOS
D686 BIOS
Phoenix 1998.

It may not actually be a card, more like 2cmX2cm slim-tech 'attachment to motherboard'
Thanks

 

Yeah, I replaced the battery.

Still beeping!

 

Dude, it sounds like you gfx card is dead.
My dad recently passed and he left me his pc in his will. All was fine for about 2 weeks when I set this up as my Media Centre(because it supports HDMi) but after tat when I went to turn it on all I would get is the initial beeps and the monitor would turn off again and start flashing orange, I wasn't exactly sure but I thought either the GFX card or the MB must be playing up, so I called up my mate who's a genius with all electronics, after work he came round with a Test Light and tested the GFX card and sure enough it was shot.

So just on a hunch, have you tried removing the card and either putting a spare in or alternitavely if you have it just try running it off onboard if you have it... If nothing else it will determine if it's your GFX card or not(the other thing giving me a hunch is you said the fan is dead on the GFX card).

Hope this helps anyway dude, laterz.

 

Cheers lad, I literally know dang all about computer parts, and if that is my gfx card with the fan on it, I bet its beat.

Thanks

 

A regular beeping like that indicates a memory fault in a Phoenix BIOS of that age.

Take the memory modules out, clean the contacts and replace one at a time.

 

Thanks for that bit of info. Where do I locate the memory modules?

 

" noticed there was a fan not working, that was attached to the 'techy device' 'the green card' the one that slots into the 'motherboard I presume' and where the monitor lead goes into the back of the tower."

The card with the fan [that doesn't work] is a video card.
Since the fan isn't worling the video card has probably fried.
Look on the back of the computer where the mouse & keyboard hookup & see if there is a connection the monitor will plug in to.
[The connection socket is usually blue]
If there is make sure the computer is unplugged
Remove the monitor cable from the video card
There is probably a phillips screw holding the metal bracket on the video card in place at the back of the computer
Remove the screw & then remove the video card.
Hook the monitor to the onboard & try the computer.

If there isn't a onboard connection for the monitor you will need a different vido card .

 

Thanks for your suggestion.

I had a look, and I cant, see anywhere inside my computer where I could connect the monitor too.

In fact I'm quite puzzled: What do you mean by an onboard connection? Was I correct to look for a similar '14 pin slot' for the monitor cable, inside the tower?

The video card slots into a quite lengthy slot, and theres no slot I can see for the monitor cable. I suppose I need a new video card?

Am I catching your meaning Ok?

 

The onboard monitor connector would not be inside the computer.
Look at the back of the computer case.
The mouse & keyboard should be plugged in.
Under them there should be other connectors, USB, etc, .
One of them may be a onboard monitor connector.
Not all have it but the majority do.

Look here,

http://www.viaarena.com/images/articles/2/watermarks/IGPUpgrade 006.jpg

You can see the big blue monitor cable connector plugged in to a onboard video connection.

If you have a monitor connection there unplug the unit, remove the video card that is in the video card slot, & hook the monitor to the onboard.
Then try the computer to see if you get a display.

 

I had a look, but there is no port available. There is a slot, about the same size as the monitor port, but its covered over. This computer must have been built with the added gfx card capability only.

I can see how this is strange, but the computer was built by Time, which went bust around 2002 (thanx studiot for that info) so I guess they might have been skimping down on parts.

Cheers blue for ur insight shared by others I've discussed this matter with.

I suppose a new gfx card is needed

 

Manufacturers often fit a plastic cover over the onboard outlet if it is not normally used.
Why fit a cover if there is nothing underneath?
Perhaps there is one underneath, just pull it off.

 

what you could do is take all the ram out, then turn on the computer (there will be beeping, keep on for about 30 secs) the put the all the ram back in. if that dosn't help you could try the power supply (had this problem before)