Re: Re: Urgent PC Help Needed

["David Gumbrell" <david.gumbrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yet another suggestion - check all the pins in the power connector are
fully
homed. Just last night I had a weirdy which turned out to be that one of
the
pins had partly come out of the connector and was only making occasional
connection with the motherboard.

Cheers,

David


On 3/6/07, Simon Coates <simon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   This is correct - I had exactly this problem last year.
> Turned on - beeped - no video output and failed to boot. I checked
> everything, was on the point of binning it then decided to 'reseat'
the CPU.
> Booted up and has been OK since.
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Gordon
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Sent: 06 March 2007 16:49
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Urgent PC Help Needed
>
> Not necessarily...
>
> I have come across many instances where a faulty/missing/incorrectly
> installed CPU will prevent the machine from powering up.. I'm pretty
> sure I remember this being the case with Compaq Proliant servers, but
> I'd bet it's fairly commonplace...
>
> Paul G.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Phil,
> >
> > Surely if there was something wrong with the processor and / or
> > memory I'd get at least something displayed on the monitor or
beeps
> > from the mobo.
> >
> > I get neither!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
>
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