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Help! Computer has fallen and can't get up
El Guaco
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My brother's computer took a dive off his desk when his 4 year old got too rowdy. Yeah, not good. The case was bent, and of course it won't turn on. I'm 3000 miles away and am trying to help him as much as I can. The computer won't even post to BIOS. However, the motherboard does have 2 LED for BIOS codes. I downloaded the manual and there's nothing in there about the LED's unfortunately.
The mobo is a Foxconn ELA (socket 775). I need to find the LED codes to help troubleshoot if the thing is alive or DOA. I've already tried the Foxconn support site, but other than the manual I could find no info on the LED codes. Can someone help me and find me a link or a support site for those BIOS LED codes?
For now, I told him to completely dismantle the thing, and check the mobo for obvious damage and cracks. If it looks good, I told him to hook up the barebones components (power, mobo, and video card) outside of the case to make sure there were no grounding problems due to the case.
Any other suggestions you guys care to make? Thanks.
The mobo is a Foxconn ELA (socket 775). I need to find the LED codes to help troubleshoot if the thing is alive or DOA. I've already tried the Foxconn support site, but other than the manual I could find no info on the LED codes. Can someone help me and find me a link or a support site for those BIOS LED codes?
For now, I told him to completely dismantle the thing, and check the mobo for obvious damage and cracks. If it looks good, I told him to hook up the barebones components (power, mobo, and video card) outside of the case to make sure there were no grounding problems due to the case.
Any other suggestions you guys care to make? Thanks.
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that it?
It could be, but it's hard to say since I can't see it myself. He said it was giving code "2A" which isn't an error really. After much discussion, we agreed he'd probably be better off taking it to an actual technician for a diagnostic to see what needed to be replaced. Thanks for the info.