Well I still can't seem to get this thing to work. My local shop suggested that the cpu may be bad so I changed mine out with one of theirs....twice. Both resulted in a blank screen on the monitor. The only thing new was the fact that I have to hold the power button in until the computer shuts off with the other processors, but with the one before and again after the swaps I can just press and release the power button to get it to shut off. Switching the cpu seemed to me an easier way to test the comp instead of spending much more on a new ps. I did just get a used one in so I will try it. Does any of this make sense? I was hoping that the pics may help. 
This is all that I get with my original cpu. Neither of the used swaps even made it this far according to the monitor, but as mentioned, the machine seemed to shut down as if it had booted. My cpu is an Athlon, but the swaps were Duron I believe. Also note that the floppy drive fails to initiate. Is this perhaps a symptom of something else? I am trying to be as cheap as possible here so I really would like to fix this machine without having to buy any costly parts. (the cpu was 15 bucks and free swap the second time) Thanks
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I just tried the only used power supply that I have and got results similar to the cpu swap. The monitor stayed blank and I had to hold the power button in to get the machine to shut down. The ps worked in the tower it was in, but the tower is older than the one I am working on so perhaps this one is not enough power either? I will keep messing with it until we find an answer here or I break it beyond fixing! Thanks for your help
Last edited by Jonnybumkin; May 31st, 2008 at 02:55 AM.
xp home 2002 SP2
compaq presario 5000
256 mb ram
AMD Duron @ 751 MHz
ST330621A hard drive
COMPAQ CD-ROM LTN403
TEAC CD-W54E
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