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Hi,
Maybe a new mainboard battery is in order based on the vintage of the
machines.
If the Board uses the Dallas RTC or equiv, you may have to change that.
At 10:57 PM 01/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I have 2 computers and a known to be good monitor. Both computers (486's)
>all of a sudden give no video signal. It would seem very unlikely that
>they both would have a video card go bad at the same time. The monitor is
>original to the computer. The computers were not hooked up for awhile -
>hence no electrical surge would explain. Would a possible dead battery
>cause this? I suspect not, but...
>
>When firing them up, the monitor light comes on for a second, turns
>orange, then shuts off. Nothing makes it to the screen.
>
>Regards,
>Paul Ecclestone
>
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