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Sounds like it could be power supply. On 18 Sep 2002 at 9:32, Billy SG McCarthy wrote: > Monday night, I shut my computer down to give it a > rest. Tuesday I tried to turn it back on, and it > wouldn't. > > It won't boot, won't POST, won't even give me the BIOS > screen. There is power going to the MoBo, and both of > the CD drives, and both HDDs are spinning when I turn > it on; whether or not the IDE cables are connected. > > I've tried replacing the BIOS battery, disconnecting > some/all of my IDE drives, cleaning gunk from the CPU > heatsink, removing the graphics card (as it's BIOS > wouldn't show up either). > > I'm at a loss. It worked fine one day, and the next, > it just sits there and hums. The HDD activity light > is solid if the IDE cable is plugged in. I also tried > shorting the CMOS but that hasn't helped either. > > Any thoughts? > > ===== > "What a long strange trip it's been." > --The Grateful Dead-- > > Kindly yours, > Billy S G McCarthy > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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