Hello to Rick and all the others that kindly responded.

I figured out the problem about 5 minutes after I sent my post.  [It
frequently helps to verbalize your problem to someone].

Since I had literally replaced every component except the case, it had to be
the case.  Of all things, the RESET button was stuck and could not be
unstuck.  Therefore this machine now works without a reset button and I will
no longer purchase that particular model of case.

Thanks for the help everyone

Mike
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lindstrom [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:44 AM
To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
Cc: Mike Buraczewski
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] System will not boot


At 10:21 PM 9/23/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>(EDIT)
>The machine worked fine for about a month.  It absolutely will not boot.
>The case and CPU fans run, but there is not post performed.
(EDIT)

Mike-

Remove all of the cards except the video card (which you have tested in
another computer and is known good, right?), and pull the power and
connecters to everything except the motherboard (the floppy, cdrom, HD and
whatever else you might have in there like a Zip drive or whatever).

Turn the machine on and see if it enters POST. If so, start adding things
back in until you find the bad component. I've seen times when a faulty
component with a motor (all of the drives) could load down the power supply
to the point where the machine would not start.

HTH-

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