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All Fans Spinning, PC Powering up, but not starting

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LPBoy135 Posts 1 Registration date Monday March 4, 2013 Status Member Last seen March 4, 2013 - Mar 4, 2013 at 03:35 AM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Mar 4, 2013 at 03:07 PM
Hello,
I've been having this problem for a while now. Can't get to the bottom of it. I was running the PC in the afternoon just fine but it just wouldn't start when I tried it a couple of hours later. Everything seemed to work just fine. Only, my CPU Fan wouldn't spin and the monitor wouldn't turn on. I tried a few things mentioned on other forums like Resetting the GPU, and resetting the RAM. However, Nothing seemed to work. Then I tried my old Stock CPU fan which I had replaced for a bigger, custom one. This fan was spinning but the monitor problem remained the same. At my wits end, I tried replacing the CMOS Chip. The computer stopped detecting anything and only it doesn't even seem to boot. Everything powers up. The Fans all spin and the PSU seems to be working. It's just that other than the fans, there isn't any response. May I have tried something recklessly for this problem to occur? Can anyone help me figure out which part exactly has died out?



Intel Core 2 Duo E7500@2.93GHz
Transcend 4GB DDR3 RAM Module
Zotac Nvidia GTX 550ti 1GB
Windows 7 64 bit
Cooler Master 350W Power Supply
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Mar 4, 2013 at 03:07 PM
You replaced the CMOS battery or the BIOS chip? You can only use a BIOS chip from the exact same Motherboard. The BIOS is custom tailored to match the hardware that is on the motherboard.