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| Thread ID: 31403 | 2003-03-20 23:33:00 | Compaq EP Deskpro that wont go | Hobdar (3414) | Press F1 |
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| 129749 | 2003-03-20 23:33:00 | My mothers friend brought a Compaq Deskpro EP from the US . It is a Celeron 100 466Mhz motherboard . with onboard sound/video . We switched the power supply to 230 volts and installed her current HDD CD and floppy from her old machine (an old 133 mhz) . When applying power to the system, nothing at all happens . The motherboard shows a solid green light on it, but the monitor does not show any activity and there is no post sounds or usual boot noises (HDD or floppy) . The power supply's fan does work, and there appears to be power getting to the floppy (i switched the cable around and got a solid green light) . I used a known good monitor and the light changed from amber to green indicating that it was getting some kind of signal from the motherboard but still no actual display . I removed all devices and attempted to reboot but still no change, it does not do a self check at all and no indication of being able to access any CMOS settings or anything . It had an AGP video card and Creative lab sound card, which i removed to see if that was the fault . But still no change . . . . Does anyone know of a solution or point me in the right direction? |
Hobdar (3414) | ||
| 129750 | 2003-03-21 02:28:00 | Had the same problem the other day it was two things (or course): faulty ram and also the CPU needed to be reseated. Worked a treat. But then I guess youve already tried these things? |
falvrez (390) | ||
| 129751 | 2003-03-21 04:29:00 | Did it come with a hard disk? It might be one of the models which needs a maintenance partition on the disk, which holds the BIOS setup . (but it ought to give some sort of output, I would have thought . )Check the compaq home site and see if there's a RomPaq for that model . The Rompaqs sdually create 3 floppies, which let you make the partition . Can you boot from a floppy? A push on the "reset" button (if there is one ;-)) might help . . . sometimes it takes something like that to get things started after a PSU change . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 129752 | 2003-03-21 04:36:00 | disconnect data/power cables from hdd/floppy/cdrom. also disconnect keyboard/mouse. then power up again, to see anything on the screen, hear anything? good luck |
yang11 (170) | ||
| 129753 | 2003-03-21 05:57:00 | You need in the first instance to at least take the case off to check cables, whether there is in fact any ram present or anything missing /disconnected etc. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 129754 | 2003-03-21 06:03:00 | Forgot, F10 key is usually the way to get into bios when there is a white blinking rectangle in the top right corner of the screen, but from your posting assume it doesnt even get as far as that. You may have to see if you can try an alternative cpu. I presume the machine was working previously? Did it come without an HDD and floppy? If so I wonder why. There is always the possibility it is just a lemon. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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