Hello Noel,

Thursday, November 22, 2001, 11:01:00 AM, you wrote:

NK> Can someone give me an idea what is causing this problem?

[snip]

NK> I can see and hear the HD running, it goes through the start up process the
NK> monitor indicator lights up but no video is seen.

Does the machine boot? You can almost bet that if the HDD starts
crunching for more than 10 seconds you have a booting system that
isn't displaying video.

But, in all likelihood, the system isn't booting at all.

Reseat the various cards that came with your system. Check ALL the
connectors on the HDD(s), floppy and CD-ROM drives. (Although a
disconnected cable, by itself, can't cause this problem.)

You also want to make sure the RAM is seated properly and even the
CPU.

Also, you can start pulling parts. If, after having pulled one part,
the system starts to boot, try to repeat the problem by replacing the
part.

Good luck.

Cheers,

Mike...

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