Sounds like corrosion in the connectors to me. That's my guess. Life is what happens in between plans. Virus free email by Norton's This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or authorized to receive this on behalf of the addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone this message or any part thereof. If you have received this in error, please immediately advise the sender by e-mail and delete this information. Thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: <Foxhillers@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Resurrecting a Dell PIII > In a message dated 1/6/04 5:24:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, > SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Could be a lot of stuff, but even if its the CPU, the alternate fans should > > be turning, unless they're not properly connected, or the connections are > > bad. You may have to work part for part on this one. Do you have another > > computer you can use to test components separately? > > ::: Troth ::: > > ______________________ > > Troth > I have a room full of also rans....... but the fans worked initially. > > MJH > "The Basil Book" > http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk