Assume you did nothing. edit - mended here also.

There is a bit of news about it if you look at the "Google news" tab.

Well at least SC and I survived the collapse of life as we know it.......

Scary times....

Back to the fireplace and my Agatha Christie from the lending library

TP

Scary indeed ....

And Google would have us depend on them for all our computing needs, applications, storage, mail, the lot. This is a perfect illustration of the vulnerability that would be visited on us. They're just a giant advertising agency with pretensions, like all advertising agencies.

Evening all,

A bit of info required in return for a funny story........

My eldest Son 16 (not living with me) has been planning his new comp. for about six months I got him for Christmas an Antec 900 case and Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU and he bought the rest with the MB being a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P,a nice rig if put together correctly you might say........

Anyway,got a phone call a few days ago saying that nothing happens when switched on so got the beast back home only to find he'd only put half the MB pillars in and managed to screw one corner of said MB nicely to the case-lolloping lolz!

Crikey,was my next thought!

Anyway,removed everything and put all MB pillars in and wooo hooo there was life but no beeps or BIOS with monitor just looking as though nothing was connected.

He said the graphics card might have been playing up in old machine so hope there then.....I thought.Got a new card and he fitted it tonight with no joy but all fans including CPU still working along with onboard MB CPU status lights appearing to be working ok.

My question is if I remember correctly that the BIOS screen is independent of all external components so you would expect a beep or two whether anything was connected so the MB must have been damaged?

I know it's a daft question-lol

Edit-As a last resort I've told him to disconnect all the peripherals and reset CMOS,it may have been sort of confused with being possibly shorted out-lol

Sounds like a bit of a nightmare, mick! Wish I could help you.
The BIOS does not rely on a soundcard or external speakers as the beeps are routed through the basic PC integral speaker. It could be that speaker has been damaged or disconnected, so it doesn't necessarily follow that the BIOS is faulty, but it does sound to me that there might well be a motherboard fault.

Thanks HC,
Going to get comp.off him over weekend and have a good look.I thought the beeps came from the MB itself ie bult in but as I haven't built a new rig up in over three years I'm a bit rusty........

bjm.
When powered up with a short on the board,
it might have taken down one of the power rails
from the PSU.
Don't know if they S/C protected on modern kit,
but if you've got another PSU might be woth a try.
mac.

I think the chances of the motherboard being OK are sadly pretty slim. Beeps need a speaker connected.

Cheers all,will keep you up to date.

Kayak,

My rig doesn't have an internal speaker and over the last three or is it four years I have had times with many a beep-lol

Ah well I haven't come across that before!

I think,unless it's in top of case:

http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=09161

banjo, the speaker these days is a very small sounder, maybe 3/8" in diameter, it should be behind the front panel.

Bjm,
One of my computers does not have an internal sounder
(for whatever reason0
The only time I hear beeps and bongs is when I switch on
the HiFi,connected to the audio output.
mac

Kayak,
I'll have a look over weekend just out of curiosity,cheers.

Help required on backup of vps server,i have a vps server with 250gig storage and 3TB bandwidth for our Adult sites i am looking at some form of backup for this server i have the option of another vps would that be a wise move to back up the original host onto the new one and if so how would i go about doing it or is there another way i could this.Both have c/panel installed on the servers.

Problem has been solved we have one major vps and 2 smaller ones in 2 locations so that we are finally bullit proof.

Thanks

My case does have an internal speaker after all but it's not connected to MB and still beeps without any external speakers.

Got the comp.back off eldest and his state of the art case doesn't have a speaker but the MB has pins for one.Hearing no beeps at all maybe due to the MB being knackered after being shorted out so I still don't know whether it needs one or not for this board.

Anyway,new MB on it's way at great expense grrrrrrrrr

I have a Gigabyte M/B on an old PC which beeps via the case speaker, but have recently bought an ASUS M/B for a friend which beeps independently of any speakers, so not sure which is now the norm.
I have no idea how to test components of a M/B. Presumably with a voltmeter, pin by pin, but probably not worth the effort as replacing the dud component then requires special skills!
Just hope all your plug in boards work with the new M/B, banjomick, as the new boards now only come with Express sockets now. PCI & ISA sockets are almost a thing of the past!