Isaac,

I would guess that 8 out of 10 dead systems (that have just
been worked on) are the result of something not being
completely connected.  Either because it wasn't fully seated
when installed, or it got jiggled loose with all the movement
of other items.

Make sure all chips are FULLY seated in their sockets.
Make sure all interface cards are fully seated in their sockets also.
Check the bottom side of the motherboard - make sure there are no
board to chassis shorts.
Turn the box upside down and GENTLY shake (to see if extra parts
fall out)

Jim Meagher
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>I have a friend who had a computer which was in a midtower and he
transfered
>everything to a minitower but the minitower was bad and now everything is
back
>in the midtower.  When he tries to boot now he gets an error that says
the
>keyboard is not present.  It was working before and he has tried another
>keyboard and still the same problem.  I present you with this in hope of
a
>solution.  Is there any hope??

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