Computer Problem

[Cochese]

It has an integrated(on board) video card, when I start the computer and Monitor all I get is no video signal, tried 2 different monitors. The fans all start but no beeps of any kind. I will take it out in shop and on the work bench this afternoon and see what I can do. It was working when I shut it down after getting my iMac. Personally I think Bill Gates put a curse on my for going to Apple. The computer has been trouble free since I bought it other than getting virus that required me to reload Windows 7 I will reseat all the connectors, plugs and cards and then clear CMOS and see what happens. Bad thing is I forgot to back it up before shutting in down. Mainly it the picture I want off of it.

Tom

Most likely it is a motherboard issue and all your files are fine. Worst case, you'll need to throw it in a case and access it from another Win machine and copy them. Not familiar with Macs, so I don't know if the formatting structure will be recognized on a non-OS drive.

[TB Roye]

Duh

Found the Problem. Operator Error. Opened it up was checking cables found the master power from power supply to mother board was loose in fact it was hanging there not connected. It is now up and operating fine. Back in the day when I was building these things for a hobby I would have looked first, but then I bought the Dell exactly the way I wanted it and forgot every thing I ever learned as far as trouble shooting goes. So all is well. I did go and blow it out and make sure every thing was connected and seated properly. Thanks for all the help and knowledge. There were now beeps when it started like there used to back in the day, a beep when it passed post. It just started and went into window.

Tom

[Raffi]

Just FYI, in a pinch, the mac can read the drive from your PC. You could remove the drive from a dead PC (if the drive was ok) and hook it up to your iMac with something like

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-5-...ds=usb+toaster

[TB Roye]

Thanks for the info. I just backed up the PC with my Click free back up system. The PC is fine just Operator forgetting how to trouble shoot. I have a 1TB external back up device for the iMac and it backs files up all day the and the whole system twice a month if I remember right. I recently ran into some problems with the iMac restored the System off the external drive, very simple and quick. Some how some files got corrupted and I couldn't open some Excel files and then lost the Printer and couldn't get it back no matter what I tried. Did a system restore and was able to get it all back and running like it was supposed to. Probably another Senior Brain Fart where I clicked on a file and deleted it.

Tom

[lrr]

Are you using the USB ports on the front or the back of the PC?

I've had similar problems with external USB drives that are powered from the USB. The rear USB ports are usually mounted to the motherboard and meet the 500 mA power spec, while the ones on the front often only meet the 100 mA spec. As a result, the front ports cannot supply enough power to operate the drive consistently.

Yes, I am using the motherboard ports on the back side of the PC. We mainly use it for extra storage, and so keeping it off at bootup is a minor annoyance, since it is not accessed frequently. But it is an annoyance.