[pchelpers] Re: dead PC

Your patience is to be commended.

GTCox

Billyus Eximius wrote:
> 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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