Below is something I'm passing along that I found on the net - good luck: http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/red-light-stays-on/56533.html
"If you can temporarily borrow a known working PS, try connecting that first. Yes, the red hd activity led lighting up and staying on can indicate a faulty hard drive, but that does NOT cause no boot and no display, and it can also light up and stay on because the hd is not getting enough of one of it's two required voltages (the led requires only one of them) or another problem such as a poor connection of the ram, or if you have been fiddling with the hard drive's data cable, it can be because of an improper connection of the data cable (the connector can sometimes be installed backwards) or a damaged data cable. If you haven't been fiddling with connections inside the case, the most likely thing is the power supply is failing. The green led not lighting up is not normal, but it could be it has been displaced from where it is mounted, and it is lighting up but you just can't see it." On Dec 20, 2:19 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > My computer has been working lately but now it won't boot at all. > > When I press the power button the green power light DOES NOT come on > and the red hard drive light stays on. The CPU fan is working. The > case fan is working. The internal motherboard light (green) is on. I > have dusted out the fans and case interior. I have removed and > replaced all plugs. I have tried a different PSU but there was no > change. I removed the CMOS battery for 30 mins. And then replaced it. > I have removed the RAM sticks. I have unplugged the printer. I have > tried unplugging the DVD-ROM drive, network card, keyboard, mouse and > floppy drive but still my computer would not boot. > > Can anybody help? > > Thanks. > > Bill. > > On Dec 11, 3:16 pm, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > And the power supply is a possibility i think. > > > ~Coalwater~ > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Ceresia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Take out the ram, unplug the Hard drive, take out any extra PC cards > > > you might have in it, unhook USB plugs if your case has them built > > > in. Boot the computer. If nothing shows up it is either a motheroard > > > or video card issue. If it does come up then start putting one piece > > > in at a time until it doesn't work to single out what is the issue. > > > Let us know the results. > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%2b[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.-Hide quoted > > >text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
