Originally Posted by
Carbon
As I know these topics are largely popular, I figured I'd try my luck.
Plain and simple, just need help in identifying the problem or a start, anyway, so I know where to go next.
First off, we were originally having problems with it randomly rebooting. I related this to the RAM, as it was the same cheap RAM I put in my old computer that had this problem before I started buying good brand-name RAM. The shitty brand is called Elixir. So anyway, that's somewhat irrelavent to the issue, but when we were horsin' around trying to fix it, another problem started to happen. When we turn on the computer, the screen is black and the moniter light stays yellow.
I don't think it can be the video card as I have a somewhat new GeForce TI6800 256 in there. My current guess is, however, that it's the power supply. When we plug the actual power cord into the power supply, it automatically turns on. I was messin' around with it and changed the voltage, that little orange switch in the back, and then it sparked a bit inside (probably dumb lol) and started to smell so I turned that off REAL fast. I swapped out another power supply, but this one is kind of low... only 300W. It doesn't automatically turn on any more, rather, turns on like normal. The screen still doesn't turn on, however.
Do you think it's still the power supply? Or do you think there's a problem with the video card? I tried a different moniter (lolCRT) but both of them do the same thing, so I don't think it's the moniter.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!