[pchelpers] Re: dead PC

I got the PC running, don't know how, just pulled jumpers off and back on in 
the same places I may add. got the PC running and then the lady wanted a 
Flat Screen monitor so I got one for her and started loading in MS Office 
and the pc did exactly what mine did some weeks ago. when I decided to 
change the board and CPU. I phoned the shop and they told me to brig it in 
tomorrow and they will check the system and if either the board or CPU is 
faulty then they will do a premium upgrade at no cost to 
me...................well first of all I got a bad stick of ram, then I was 
sold the wrong fan for the CPU and now all of this.................well you 
get this now and again.

Billy

> On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 19:39 +0100, Billyus Eximius wrote:
>> Just built a PC up, and plugged in the power, pressed start button and 
>> dead..............all connections are in the right place, but nothing, 
>> fan doesn't go, fan on Powerpack doesn't go, nothing. Everything is brand 
>> new. Any ideas...............power cord live
>> Billy
> Several possibilities come to mind. The motherboard is not starting up
> for some reason. Possible causes are:
> Misconfiguration (jumpers)
> Earth loop between mountings
> Faulty when new
> Connections incorrect (cables etc)
>
> Try lifting the motherboard off its mountings, then test run, adjusting
> jumpers until you find it. This should deal with earth loop issues.
> Remove all non-essential cards (vga card/output is needed but not much
> else). In case the power switch isn't working, find the pins concerned,
> and touch them carefully with a jumper or screwdriver tip. This should
> give it the startup signal.



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