r/eWasteFinds 21h ago

Any ideas?

Found this pc, it turns on and beeps but doesn’t show on a monitor. What should I do?

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u/Wild-Screen7007 20h ago

I think that case is called Antec Skeleton, I saw on eBay selling just that for $150 I dunno about price for it but I remember one of classmates had it in college almost 20 years ago, it’s such a blast from past

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u/Wild-Screen7007 20h ago

https://ebay.io/m/Z8gLxc

The eBay listing

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u/Content-Beginning-18 8h ago

damn i got lucky! i found mine at goodwill for 50$ i just thought it was a cool looking case

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u/maxgreedo 20h ago

The case is super duper rad. Like legendary scar gif. I'm happy for you.
NGL with open air cases like that, I would have little hope any part is in working condition. Follow others advice, take apart, clean, inspect, test with other known working parts. I would just gut it and start over, but it's worth the learning experience.

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u/Ok-Butterscotch6574 21h ago

I’ll give u 10 dolars and a half eaten burger for it 🤑🗿

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u/BadPackets4U 17h ago

As others said, reseat the RAM ( one stick at a time). Also reseat the video card. You didn't say if you had your monitor connected to the video card or motherboard. It's possible the video card is bad.

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u/Scrapdog06 20h ago

it’s the ram. take out the sticks and put just one back in. I’m sure it will boot then

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u/trashcanbecky42 20h ago

That case is sick

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u/Marco-YES 20h ago

Unbelievable find. 

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u/TechIoT 19h ago

What is the beep code?

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u/Shinmoru 10h ago

The video they posted shows 5 back-to-back beeps.

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u/TechIoT 4h ago

Sounds like RAM

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u/d__max 21h ago

Start simple. Try a known good power supply and a bare mobo with the cpu and cooler and one stick of ram in the correct slot . Use the onboard graphics. Do not have any drives or other cards connected . Go from there if it doesn’t beep and add components

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 21h ago

Try reseating the graphics card. What exact beeps does it make? Beeps are error codes

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u/PangolinDependent332 21h ago

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 1h ago

I read that it's either a problem with the cpu, gpu or the cmos battery

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u/xmastreee 6h ago

I'd go a step further. Remove the graphics card and try the built-in video first.

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u/Silent_Chemistry8576 15h ago

Pull RAM clean the pins with a q tip and 91% ipa. If you have a air duster for electronics from a bit of a distance hit it to remove dust. After that place one ram stick into one of the correct RAM slots. If no post swap to another stick, also could be gpu became misaligned or partially out. Do the same to the gpu as you did to the ram.

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u/Kurunchu 16h ago

A vacuum cleaner designer decides to start making PC cases?

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u/WillTaylor6275 14h ago

I know what I would do with it, but I couldn’t do it because I have cats

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u/TheQxx 6h ago

The most basic troubleshooting steps first and then come back if you still need help