Odd hardware problem

[Scott Prive]

Try another power supply. If you don't even get a BEEP from the PC speaker (usually happens before POST), then that's my suspicion. 

If you don't want to buy a new PS just to test (understandable), you could email a request here and someone might bring a spare loaner to the next BLU (I have a spare AT PS, but no ATX spares.. but I never make the BLU meetings).

-Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy SG McCarthy [mailto:reshippie at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:33 PM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Odd hardware problem
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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