Can anyone recommend a good POST card that won't break the bank? I've looked online at POST cards but all the reviews say that they are terrible cards. I'm not sure if it's just user error or if the card really does suck.
looks interesting. i think alot of high end motherboards come with digtal code readouts that function the same way. or you can use the old speaker beeps method.
That's the thing. I have a couple of laptops that won't boot and I can't figure out why. Keyboard lights up, fans spin, etc, but no BIOS or OS boots up. There are no beeps being played either. I suspect memory as a possible reason as to why it won't boot, but I don't want to buy RAM and that not be the problem as it is not my computer that's messed up.
How will these help with laptops. Don't think they have accessible pci slots
There are version for laptops. I believe its a pci-mini slot. looks similar to the slots you plug in the wireless card into. If that's what I'm thinking of. I am still new as far as knowing hardware and how it all connects.
Look for lights on the laptop. Often they will flash in a certain order to diagnose POST errors. No power at all is usually a CPU error, after that it will spit codes. Dell has them, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba usually do. It depends on the model, just search it with POST lights and you should find it without having to by an expensive chip.
Unfortunately, The computer is not emitting any codes at all. But thank you for the info about the lights. I never knew those existed.
That is almost definitely a CPU error if nothing happens when you hit the power button.
It turns on and the lights and fans turn on but it doesn't go any further than that. No codes are sent out.
Can you see anything on an external screen? If it has an embedded nVidia chipset it may have come unsoldered. There was a recall on those a few years back.
If the Laptop is not giving any beep codes. It's got bad BGA joints.
nothing on the external screen