D',
I agree with your helpful friend, open the case and check for loose
connections and/or loose boards/cards.
First and foremost ---- make sure the power cord is unplugged. (to protect
you) Second, make sure you are always holding the metal frame with one
hand or the other. (to protect the electronics)
Now GENTLY wiggle and push on each wire connector to make sure they are
plugged in completely. Do the same for each I/O card.
Cleaning the edge connectors is a good idea too, but I prefer using
denatured alcohol and a Q-tip. Erasers are abrasive (just like sand
paper) and will wear down the metal contact pad - not a good idea, as you
already surmised.
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: D Wall <>
> A friend has brought her old Compaq Presario 9546 over to see if I could
get
> it running. It had been fine at the time (2 months ago) she bought a
new PC
> to replace it - I personally used a direct cable connection to copy some
of
> her old docs onto the new machine. . . the Presario was running fine.
Since
> we copied the files, she has had the Presario stored away.
>
> She recently got a second monitor and decided to use her old Presario
for a
> second
> computer for her kids.
>
> BUT...
>
> On power on, the memory counts up then leaves her at
> a blinking cursor ... that's it. Attempting to boot from the A drive
> results in the SAME blinking cursor under the memory count, right after
the
> drive lights and I hear it being queried (read from).
>
> Note: On power on, I briefly hear the hard drive, see all drive LEDs
light,
> but don't get to any beeps.
>
> There is no ability to get to setup, just the blinking cursor after the
> memory count. I can download a setup from Compaq to run off diskette,
but
> obviously
> this is useless without the ability to boot from the A drive. :(
>
> Any advise would be most welcome! Another helpful person has suggested
> corrosion as the cause, and that I remove and reseat all adapter boards
and
> cables, then remove RAM and clean the contacts with an eraser. (Fast
Page
> with tinned contacts, as specified for this model, are installed.)
>
> TIA,
>
> D'
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