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If you can manage it the way you describe that would be OK--otherwise swing it out of the case--if you have to disconnect drive and/or fan cables that's OK as at this point you're just trying to get it come alive. Glad ya got a router, dirty clothes aren't all that bad and the exhaust falling off may be a blessing--people will hear ya coming and are less likely to hit ya.
ok ... but I'll need to wait till tomorrow to test that, think I'd better take a look at the washing machine/car first ;) ....... will post back results.
Virtual Patient
hmmmm.....perhaps I did this all wrong..... if I put something non conductive between the motherboard and the frame of the computer then it doesn't even power anything, could this be because the screws holding the motherboard to the frame are part of the circuit ... i.e. ground (earth) connections?
Anyway, that was a failure, nothing happened at all, no power even to the fans/ drives at all.
Virtual Patient
(car fixed ... washing machine and puter still dead)
No, the ground is supplied to the motherboard through the wiring to the power connector. If this didn't cure your problem it should at least do what it has been doing--so--obviously you have something shorting out or something has come loose. Check that the power connector is fully seated, nothing on the motherboard is touching the frame. Also might check that the small connector from the front panel power button switch to the motherboard hasn't come loose.
ok... got it this time....situation unchanged though, I got exactly the same result as before, fans all powered up, activity light on hard drive and dvd drive but absolutely no booting noises, no beeps.
Virtual Patient
At this point I can't think of anything else to try--maybe someone else will jump in with a new idea. It does seem it's either a defective CPU or motherboard. As I recall you just bought both these items new--should be under warranty--maybe you can get them exchanged.
Unfortunately the cpu is the only thing I haven't replaced, I think that's my next step, if I'd known it was the cpu I would've got a different motherboard and upgraded at the same time ... lol ....no matter ... unless anybody else has any ideas that will be my next move.
Thanks for your help
Virtual Patient
You're welcome but I'm afraid I wasn't much help. Good luck and let us know how you make out.
I too think that you've pretty much exhausted all other possibilities. Unfortunately when it comes to mobos and CPUs substitution is really the only thing you can do to test them, and as it's the mobo 90% of the time, you did everything right. You just got unlucky :(
ok ...ordered a cpu off ebay for now, let's hope this one works cos I gotta get a new washing machine too lol.
will post back when I have installed new/tested? cpu.
Virtual Patient
There does seem to be some empathy between washing machines and computers. My old WM packed up at exactly the same time as my PSU a while back too.
:confused: I finally got a replacement processor, carefully cleaned and installed :confused: absolutely nothing changed. I still get power to the motherboard (fans all working well) power to the drives, and nothing ... no beeps no hard drive chuntering nothing :confused:
What is it that I have done wrong? what else can I check or change on this machine? It's becoming an expensive hobby trying to just get it to realise it really is a computer.
Virtual Patient ( soon to be transferred to intensive care )
Hmmmm, I lost my temper, but luckily I didn't throw the puter outta the door.
I just thought I'd try one last thing before contemplating suicide. I took out the new motherboard and seated the replacement processor into my old motherboard, after a false start (having rewired the power switch wrong :o ) it seems to have booted. I am about to start out on the journey of updates and checking out how it is coping.
Any idea why the processor wouldn't work with the other motherboard?
Virtual Patient
p.s. Thank you as always for your patience and help with my problems, I feel sure I will be back here within hours lol
I made the mistake of trying out my new ram stick, it didn't work, so I put back in teh old ram, now puter won't reboot..... I left it alone to see if anything would happen and eventually this message appeared.
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
How do I do this?
Virtual Patient
Are you sure you have the right memory?
Supports DDR400/333/266 non-ECC, un-buffered memory.
Did you buy it off CRUCIAL?