Video card went bad.

im having a problem with my pc...I turned my computer off and tryed turning it back on it would'nt boot up no beeps and there was no signal it was my integrated video card that went bad..but the heatsink fan is on to now all the time..it would turn off after couple of minutes afterboot up. I opened it and cleaned the heat sink fan but stilll no beeps and heatsink fan stays on,what could it be.. I want to know what to get to fix it, thanks =D

So you press the power button, the lights go on, the fans spin, but no beeps? First check the power supply. If you can, borrow another to test with on the system. If you got a power surge or something, it could have killed the power supply, leaving you with symptoms as you described.

how old is the computer, what is in it, what power supply, what board, what cpu, pictures would help.

i'd say psu or board is fried. (depending on what you end up having) i'd also check for bad capacitors on your board if its more than two years old.

I got it last year, Amd 64..Phonenix m/b..Ill try checking the power supply asap..and what pictures would you need ?

you may have a warranty on the components if it's that new!

pictures - anything from pictures showing what kind of components you have to possible burn marks or visibly damaged parts on the motherboard.

Hey..I justed replaced the power supply and it wont even turn on now no fan spining, nothing. The light at the front of the tower is on when you plug the cable into the power supply but no boot up..ill have some pictures posted tommroow P.s I tryed the power supply on a other computer it turned on and I tryed the factory power supply and same problem just the front light on

hmmmm.........you say the PSU you switched out works in another rig but not this one,eh?

not good...


Have you looked at all the caps, mosfets on the mobo for any sign of bulging or scorch marks?

if it's not the powersupply then either your motherboard or your processor are dead. They're much harder to test.

make sure all power connectors are in for the power supply. that includes 20( +4) pin ATX connector, 4pin cpu connector and maybe video card pci-e connector.

pictures of the entire thing would be nice, as well as a picture of the board itself.

i'm leaning towards a bad motherboard, but having it fail within 1 year is a bit ridiculous... i'd agree with Brian here.

look for bad capacitors on the board:
http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5

click on the thumbs on that website.

hey..what if I got a spare computer laying around can I transfer the stuff from my gateway to that ? like processor ,ram ,media card reader ?

depending on what that spare computer has, yes and no. media readers usually use up a usb header, processor type will only work if its the same socket and the motherboard supports it, ram will only work if motherboard supports the same type and speed.

hard drives, it depends on what kind it is. if it is sata and the "spare computer" doesnnt have sata ports, then no. if it is IDE and the "spare computer" has IDE, then yes. but it wont boot up the OS of the gateway computer though and if it does, you are very lucky or likely to run into problems.