[wplug] hardware

[Edward Walter]

I seem to recall seeing this kind of thing with a reversed IDE cable... 

-----Original Message-----
From: harrold at sage.che.pitt.edu
To: wplug at wplug.org
Sent: 3/18/2001 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [wplug] hardware

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Logan wrote:

> Hmm...I have a problem then.
> I've bought a new computer (mostly from the expomart) and when I turn
it on
> it only displays the video card's BIOS, it doesn't beep when the
motherbords
> usually do, and it doesn't display the motherbord's BIOS splash
screen. I've
> tried swaping arround the drives and such, but it hasn't produced
anything.
> 
> Specs:
> 10/100 network card
> Geforce 2 MX
> 700 Mhz Celeron
> 50x CD rom
> floppy stolen from 486
> hard disk stolen from 486

have you tried swapping parts with your friends? it could be that the
memory, cpu, or videocard is bad. if you have access to parts you should
try this. unplug all of the drives and unnecessary cards (nic, sound,
etc). see if it boots with the bare min. (cpu, ram, video). if it doesnt
then try swapping, one by one, the cpu, ram, and video card. if all that
fails, then there is probably something wrong with the mb.


> 
> it's all EIDE. I can't figure out for the life of me (nor can my
friends)
> why it wouln't boot (the hard disk is even fromated!)
> 
> -help
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-- 
john


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