Hey guys in a previous thread I was asking about putting at gtx 1050 in an old Dell I got. I think the graphics card is fine but the computer wont boot to the bios and only power to ps2 port but not USB.I tried putting a linux boot usb stick but still nothing. Just a power light and no output to a monitor. BTW the hardrive has no OS on it.
This is with the graphics card not in the machine to be clear.
soo with no gpu or os and just psu / ram / cpu / mobo you get no boot. has it ever booted successfully? old and used with previous owners?
I have no idea but I would presume so.
could it just be dead on arrival? a bad mobo or psu?
I am not sure, It powers on and the disk tray opens. When I plug a ps2 mouse into the ps2 port the lights on the mouse come on. Just no post...
I just now tried pulling out the CMOS battery and putting it back in and that didnt work.
got another system around you can use to check the parts? replace the psu and see if it works? ect
CMOS Reset.
Reseating the cpu.
After that, the ram can be the culprit.
if this isn't doin it, Motherboard failure.
Here is what it looks like when I start it up.
I dont think they would be compatible.
ok possibility #2 besides hardware failure. do you know if you have a igpu or one on the mobo? and any psu should work, even if you dont have other ram/cpu/mobo to test. also try having only one stick of ram and testing it in all of the slots then retest using second stick.
(your thread should be named 'pc not posting')
does it fail to post without gpu?
most common issue with old mobo's is that they do not:
- support pci-e 3.0,
- supply enough power through pci-e lanes for new gpu.
whats exact model of this dell?
Yes, there is no GPU in it yet. When the GPU was in there the cooling fan was on but I am just trying to get it to post via vga out of motherboard.
I had a problem with an old DELL that would not POST and turn out to be an issue that model had where it would not boot if the CMOS battery was low.
I replaced the battery and it worked fine again.
can you get those in Walmart?
Well it wasnt the CMOS battery. I found a good one in a working computer and it didnt change anything and I put the one from the Dell into the working one and it booted fine.
Another interesting note is that when I plug it in it automatically turns on with the CPU fan which I read is a bios feature.
I pulled all the RAM out and turned it on and no beeps. I heard that might mean a motherboard issue.
what socket is the motherboard?
NVM I returned the computer and they gave me a working one the only problem now is I have a Netgear usb wireless adapter that only has drivers for Windows and it wont work on Linux.