Mista said:
OK, so here's the situation:
I left for work on saturday with the computer running, came home and
there was just the orange light on the monitor (novideo light). The PC
was still running, but I was getting nothing.
#1: Has everyone who has touched the machine wearing their wristbands?
(I can't touch hardware, even with a band on both wrists. I have to
walk the missus thru it doing it and if she's not handy, head down to
CompUSA (they're about five miles from the house. or one of the two
restoration stores across the parking lot. I can't do it, even with a
strap on both wrists. In my case, I inherited it from a parent..
the Motherboard LED is on, the fans are spinning, but no drives are
powering up (not even floppy). I get nothing on the screen.
I have a good PC shop, so they have let me put in the old CPU into a
new mobo. Same problem...
if the "old" CPU isn't doing anything, could it be the CPU?
#2: Look underneath the [new] CPU and see if any of them there gold
legs are try to share the same hole. i.e., did one get bent? You'd be
surprised how often I've seen someone and everything seems to have
been plugged in and we've
If it's happened, it's generally a case of ending at the root.
Tinkering with the CPU (or components) so often and the over & over of
pulling cards in & out a lot does the same thing. specifically, using
things pushed into the mobo.
If so, you might get one chance at wiggling it back to where it belongs
as a second time might break it off at the root. You *don't* want that
to happen. And there are times one wiggle, and it's toast.. SOL: 1,
CPU: 0.
I added new RAM and even ran it without RAM, but got no beeps and no
fix.
New vid card, still no workie.
I have basically switched everything to new except for the CPU. Since
I have tried the "old" CPU in multiple mobos to no avail, do you guys
think that it's a pretty good bet that it's the CPU? Can the CPU
damage subsequent mobos if it's faulty? Anyone have a similar
situation?
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#3: How effective would a POST card be [for diagnosing the current
problems]?
#4: Once you have things looking stable, how effective would using a
KNOPPIX disc be?
(You don't have to worry about all of the hassles of Windows &
whatnot; i.e., if you're currently running Windows.)
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p.s. This is a situation where a webcam would be sooooooo cool to
diagnose a problem (if you have one good box up & running.)
