computer help ?

[warriorman001]

My computer shut down and now when i turn it on with the power button, the lights and fans come on but that's it. i feel the  harddrive working and the DVD spin but nothing else. I am thinking my motherboard or CPU went bad. any help would be great.
the motherboard is a  ASUS A7V600 X and a Athlon xp 3200 CPU
thanks

[Deerpark]

If the computer sounds like it is going through the normal startup motions but the screen is black, my first line of suspects would be the monitor or the graphics card.
Make sure the monitor cable is properly seated and doesn't have any bent pins.
Can you test the monitor on another computer?
Is the graphics card integrated in the motherboard or separate?

[warriorman001]

thanks for replying i installed  a new video card and still got the same black screen . on the screen it show that there is not a connection bewteen the monitor and computer. i hook up the computer to my tv and also another monitor and i still got the same black screen.
the graphic card is separate too. its a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
thanks

[Deerpark]

Are both graphics cards separate?
You can try resetting the CMOS just to make sure it isn't a bad BIOS setting.
Pull out the CMOS battery and leave it out for 10-15 minutes then insert it again.

[warriorman001]

i only have the NVIDIA graphic card. I just tried removing the cmos battery and i still get the black screen.
Thanks

[Deerpark]

i only have the NVIDIA graphic card.

This would indicate you have at least two...

i installed  a new video card and still got the same black screen .

[warriorman001]

I took out the NVIDIA graphic card and tried an ATI graphic card . Neither one worked still got the black screen. there is  not a graphics card integrated in the motherboard either. Right now i have the NVIDIA card back in.
thanks again

[Deerpark]

My best guess would be the motherboard has gone bad.

[warriorman001]

any chance it could be the CPU?

[Deerpark]

There's always a chance... I just think the mobo is more likely.

[warriorman001]

Thank you very much for all your help. I am ordering a new motherboard. again thank you

[Deerpark]

I hope it works then.
And be sure to keep us posted.

[warriorman001]

ok i bought the new motherboard and now i am have trouble hooking up the front panel on my computer case this is what the book that came with my motherboard has what pictured is attached

then my case has                 

VCC1
DATA-1
DATA+1
GND1

VCC2
DATA-2
DATA+2
GND2

RESETSW
POWER LED +
POWER LED -
IDE_LED
HDD_LED

MIC IN
MIC BIAS
R IN
L IN
GND
R OUT
L OUT

PW SW
SPEAKER

Then i put together
VERG_FP_USBPWR0 = VCC1
USB_FP_P0(-) = DATA1-
USB_FP_P0(+) = DATA1+
GROUND = GND1

VERG_FP_USBPWR0 = VCC2
USB_FP_P1(-) = DATA-2
USB_FP_P1(+) = DATA+2
GROUND = GND2

As for the rest i am lost any help would be great thank you very much for all the help

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[squall_01]

These are jumper settings.  There so the pc can boot.  It should explain in the manual where to put them.  Check the manual cause some of these mite not be used.

[warriorman001]

thanks for the reply i am trying to match up the jumpers on the motherboard to the wires on my computer case.
I am thinking these are for my USB port on the front on the computer case
VERG_FP_USBPWR0 goes to VCC1
USB_FP_P0(-) goes to  DATA1-
USB_FP_P0(+) goes to  DATA1+
GROUND goes to  GND1

VERG_FP_USBPWR0 goes to  VCC2
USB_FP_P1(-) goes to  DATA-2
USB_FP_P1(+) goes to  DATA+2
GROUND goes to  GND2

now i am not sure about the rest of these jumpers and wires. but i am think they go like this
AUD_MIC  goes to mic in
AUD_MIC_BIAS goes to mic bias
AUD_FPOUT_R goes to R OUT
HP_ON
AUD_FPOUT_L GOES TO L OUT
AUD_GND GOES TO GND
AUD_VCC
AUD_RET_R GOES TO R IN
KEY
AUD_RET_LGOES TO L IN

[homer]

These are jumper settings.  There so the pc can boot.  It should explain in the manual where to put them.  Check the manual cause some of these mite not be used.

they are not jumpers, they are headers.

this is a jumper.

these are headers.

[warriorman001]

thanks for replying. the manual for the motherboard shows a picture of the headers that i need to attach the wires from the case to but the wires from my case are labeled different then what the motherboad has in the manual.

[patio]

It seems your guesses in your 2nd last post sound correct to me...

[warriorman001]

thanks for replying i hooked them up the way i thought  and it works on error or red lights.  the problem i am having now is when i boot t get as far as the windows loading screen and the it restarts. so i tried to reinstall windows xp and after the cd loads i get a blue screen saying that the hard drive might be corrupt.

[homer]

did you format the harddrive before attempting to install windows?

[warriorman001]

Thanks to everyone that helped me with my many problems. Thanks A lot

[homer]

Thanks to everyone that helped me with my many problems. Thanks A lot

its what we do.