It still could be your power supply. The fans run off the 12v and can run
with pretty dirty and/or under-over voltage. However, the mobo and
components are much more sensitive with the 5 v supply (and 3.3v if ATX).
Then again, it could be a component going bad on the mobo and/or an add in
board.
I think I would guess the power supply first. Mobo next and CPU last.
Another troubleshooting method would be to remove all boards except for the
video card and any drives. (Also use only one stick of SDRAM or pair of
SIMMs if you have more than one.) If doing so gets a consistent post, then
reinstall the drives one by one starting with the FDD so you can then do a
complete boot using a diskette. Then add in any other boards one by one and
boot. Remember to change you BIOS as you remove/add drives.
Daniel Wysocki
Twin*.*Star Computers
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shaughnessy <[log in to unmask]>
To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>I have a friend with a PC I built for him a couple of years back -Specs:
AMD
>K6 -233, PCChips TXpro II motherboard, ATI PC Expression (Rage 2C) PCI
>video, 32 MB RAM, 1.6 GB Connor HD, Win 95 (1st edition with updates & IE
>5.0 installed). My friend called yesterday and said the PC wouldn't turn
on,
>I had him bring it by. The PC appeared to powerup, but didn't post. I
>removed and reseated the CPU (which felt warm), turned on the PC and viola
>it was working. I let it run for about an hour, running various programs,
>etc, without incident. He took it home, plugged it in and turned it on.
>The PC posted ---got to the message "checking NVram" and it hung up there.
>He powered down and turned it back on, and we seem to be back at the
>beginning (no post, - though the power light is on, as well as the CD power
>light). Both the CPU fan and the PS fan were working properly when he
>brought it over, and he says they both are still working
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