I have had a similar problem with a 486 and I am not really sure what was
causing it but I think is was one of the SIMMS. The problem was
intermittent, lasted for years, and it only happened when the PC was cold.
Once the boards heated up it worked OK. But for the last year it just about
always happened when I first powered on. I recently upgraded the Simms from
4 mixed  4 meg FPM SIMMS to 4matched FPM Kingston 16 meg SIMMS and the
problem went away.

Mark Rode
The NoSpin Group

>'ve been having an intermittent problem lately that occurs at bootup:
>The system hangs while doing the POST; whatever is going on happens before
>the video is initialized as there is no video out. The access lights for
>the CDROM drive and the HD are on steady and stay that way, and there are
>no beeps. I haven't noticed whether the keyboard lights have flashed or
>not. Also, I do not hear the hard drives (of which there are two) spin up.
>
>At this point, the system is totally hung- the reset and power buttons do
>not work (ATX mobo), and I have to cycle the power at the power strip to
>get the machine to respond, after which it generally starts normally and
>runs fine once booted.
>Anyone have ideas on this?
>
>Thanks-

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