I ran into the same type of problem about a week ago. Baffled me! Started
taking things apart, removed the case, removed all cards & what do you know
it started right up. Started to return it to service & when I attached the
case & started up the sys the same type of problems occured.
Took it back to the bench. Started to disassemble again, but this time,felt
that the problem might have something to do with a "short" being caused
somewhere around the case and the motherboard. Lo & behold, as I was about
to slide the motherbrd out of the case, I noticed a screw, the type
typically used to secure the case or the cards, was wedged between the case
& the MoBo. That's all it took. No BOOT problems since.
Take a good look for anything loose or foreign that might be causing
trouble.
Jim Sudela
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From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dan Shaughnessy
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:00 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] PC stopped Booting
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.
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