Ok, so here are the facts:
I have a desktop that is about 5 years old that I built myself. It is running some old gigabyte board, with AMD FX-57 cpu, 1gb ram, 2x 160gb HD's in RAID 0, and a Sapphire ATI X300 vid card. Recently, the computer will not boot, or at least that seems to be the problem. I turn on the computer, and the power and HD indicator lights stay solidly lit, but nothing shows up on the monitor. I tried my monitor with my laptop, and it works, so that is not the problem. Also, my friend had a working X700 vidcard that I tried, but that didn't fix anything. Now, I am stuck as to what might be wrong, since if the OS had a problem, it would say while booting up, and if the BIOS had a problem, something would show up on the screen. My problem right now is that NOTHING at all shows up on the screen. The only thing that I think might be different from before is that the HD indicator light stays lit after hitting the power button, rather than flashing. Other than that, I am completely lost. Any help is appreciated!
I have a desktop that is about 5 years old that I built myself. It is running some old gigabyte board, with AMD FX-57 cpu, 1gb ram, 2x 160gb HD's in RAID 0, and a Sapphire ATI X300 vid card. Recently, the computer will not boot, or at least that seems to be the problem. I turn on the computer, and the power and HD indicator lights stay solidly lit, but nothing shows up on the monitor. I tried my monitor with my laptop, and it works, so that is not the problem. Also, my friend had a working X700 vidcard that I tried, but that didn't fix anything. Now, I am stuck as to what might be wrong, since if the OS had a problem, it would say while booting up, and if the BIOS had a problem, something would show up on the screen. My problem right now is that NOTHING at all shows up on the screen. The only thing that I think might be different from before is that the HD indicator light stays lit after hitting the power button, rather than flashing. Other than that, I am completely lost. Any help is appreciated!