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Thread ID: 49453 2004-09-19 11:07:00 PC dead after case transplant - wont even switch on! george12 (7) Press F1
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273834 2004-09-19 12:36:00 What happens if you push the Reset button?

You may have the jumpers around the wrong way....
Chilling_Silence (9)
273835 2004-09-19 12:44:00 There is no reset button .... it's a Pavilion:D george12 (7)
273836 2004-09-19 12:45:00 And if I get a screwdriver and short the PWR pins it still won't turn on... ah, the number of times I've used that trick. george12 (7)
273837 2004-09-19 12:47:00 I GOT A FLICKER!!!!!!!!!!!

When I pressed the power button this time I got a flicker of green from the power light.

Wonder what that means.
george12 (7)
273838 2004-09-19 12:51:00 Sorry for posting again and again, but here is an update.

It seems everytime I wait a while, plug it in and turn it on, there is a flicker from the power light when I press the button. So, I think there may be a short somewhere causing it to abruptly turn off. I will keep you posted.
george12 (7)
273839 2004-09-19 13:20:00 Check the back of the mother board isnt touching the case Rob99 (151)
273840 2004-09-19 13:25:00 Got it - thanks for all your help.

Turns out the power supply was dodgy and intermittant. Lucky I have loads of spare ATX PSUs lying around. So, I put in a new identical one and there we are, runs beautifully. I am using it now :D:D.

It runs VERY nicely for a computer with only 128MB RAM and PIII 450Mhz.

Cheers George
george12 (7)
273841 2004-09-19 21:19:00 >It runs VERY nicely for a computer with only 128MB RAM and PIII 450Mhz.



I had a system of those specs when they first came on the market,it was a powerhouse back in its day.

Think mine had

PIII 450
128mb ram
Voodoo 3 video card
13gb HD
4x-CD Writer

Cost me thousands.
metla (154)
273842 2004-09-19 22:35:00 well.. let c...
first comp
P1 150Mhz 32 ram 2Gb hd -$~3000

newest comp
AMD Athlon XP2000+ 512 ram 40Gb hd - $~900


i was proud to have 32ram instead of 16mb back then...
heni72847 (1166)
273843 2004-09-19 22:42:00 My parents-in-law have an old 486,im pretty sure it cost them over 7 grand back in the day,a couple years back i unplugged the mouse and the harddrive died,pure coincindence i told them,they never did believe me......

My first comp was a spectrum that ran through a tv,then an amstrad with brown monitor,then a C64,then an Amiga 500 with the extra 512k of ram(at least i think thats what it was,memory is hazy at best)......
metla (154)
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