Jerol,
   Coincidentally, a very similar event occurred this AM on my machine (XP2)
at work.  Checking Cmos, I found the clock to be off - reset that - and it
booted just fine.

Ken Hollingsworth

On Jan 27, 2008 12:31 AM, Jerol <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I have a problem that is strange. Turn on computer and no post. Turn off
> computer and disconnect power then turn on computer and it starts. This has
> happened for a week. Now I can get nothing. The HD spins, the fan runs, the
> power light is on but no Beep for post and no startup. I have stripped it
> down and reset CMOS checked all the components including the keyboard and
> monitor on another computer and all works fine. Any ideas would be
> appreciated.
>
> Computer Description   Home Made in 2003 NEC ATX case
> Motherboard  Aopen AX34-U
> Processor Intel Celeron 1.1AGHz , FC-PGA2, MfgSKU:BX80530f1100256
> DIMM memory Kingston 512MB PC133 168 Pin
> Hard Drive Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 6E030L0 30GB ATA/133 7200RPM
> Toshiba SD-R1512 DVD 16x + CD-RW 48x24x48 Combo Drive
> Creative Lab Optical Mouse and PS/2 mouse  NEC Standard 101/102 Keyboard
> Video Capture Card ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 AGP
> Modem: Best Data 56FWPCI
> Ethernet: Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI FAST ETHERNET. NIC
> Operating System Windows XP professional
> Chipset:  VIA Apollo Pro 133T
>
>
>
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