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Thread ID: 92043 2008-07-27 00:21:00 All HP Techies!! Come on in!! Challange!! mark1978 (13845) Press F1
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692600 2008-07-27 08:10:00 Might be a silly suggestion - but have you tried another battery as well? bevy121 (117)
692601 2008-07-27 08:19:00 being an HP power supply is certainly suspect. most certainly is - I have a customers HP/Compaq, when you press the power button the fans go on, the power light flickers but thats all, no post - connected a Hyena 300W (yeah I know - crap PSU - its all I have at the moment till tomorrow) and it boots perfectly. wainuitech (129)
692602 2008-07-27 09:17:00 Thanks guys I really appreciate your help, it's in the closet at the moment and I gave it a rest for the day, I will copy some suggestions from you guys into a word document. mark1978 (13845)
692603 2008-07-27 09:20:00 How much is a new battery? mark1978 (13845)
692604 2008-07-27 09:33:00 $3-4 dollars. If you / they mean a CMOS battery. Speedy Gonzales (78)
692605 2008-09-06 04:42:00 Just bought a new battery and it does nothing now, not even post! Knackered?? mark1978 (13845)
692606 2008-09-06 05:27:00 Did you try another Power Supply ? wainuitech (129)
692607 2008-09-06 06:10:00 As a technician, I'll start from the beginning:
This thing is OLD, we don't even repair them at work, just "Defective" or "Scrap"
No beep, that means the Power Supply does not pass it's self test
I,d say suspects are:
Power Supply
Chipset (e.g. Mainboard)
I'll disconnect the HDD and try to boot without it
I'll remove the CMOS battery-some old units appear to retain errors/settings
georgeks (9122)
692608 2008-09-06 21:25:00 No beep, that means the Power Supply does not pass it's self test

Power Supply
Mainboard
I'll disconnect the HDD and try to boot without it


No beep means it didn't post for whatever reason, not because the PSU is necessarily faulty. Could have failed POST for a lot of reasons.

I'd try PSU first, RAM second and then its likely to be the motherboard. In which case its probably not worth messing about with.
pctek (84)
692609 2008-09-07 01:57:00 It's a shame, I gave up, I did not had a extra power supply, it's just what georgeks said, it's old!. I have taken it appart and kept the 40 gig seagate barracuda hard drive!
Thanks a lot for al your help, I will find another pc to fix (I hope) and then give it away.
mark1978 (13845)
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