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Name: BozotheCat Date: January 18, 2004 at 05:24:05 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: amd 2000+ 765MB RAM
Comment:
I played with a few options in BIOS (overclocking and AGP things). And now the computer won't start. I tried the switching the cover over the pins by the motherboard battery and turning it on (computer didnt even start up) then i replaced it and it started up but i couldnt get any BIOS or monitor action. Please Help!!!
Name: FJB Date: January 18, 2004 at 06:03:00 Pacific
Reply:
do the fans come on? try removing the cmos battery for 15 minutes, replace it and try to start the computer again, post back.
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: January 18, 2004 at 06:18:58 Pacific
Reply:
To clear the CMOS, perform the jumper move you described while the computer is unplugged. You don't power the machine with the jumpers in the clear position.
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Response Number 3
Name: raincheck Date: January 18, 2004 at 06:46:12 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, as Othehill says, you don't power up the PC with the jumpers in the clear position. I now wonder if you have fried your BIOS chip. If you did fry it, that would explain why you're getting nothing at all now when you power up.
raincheck
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Response Number 4
Name: shaharisma Date: January 18, 2004 at 10:38:21 Pacific
Reply:
Try this,
Unplug the power cord. Remove everything from your mobo (processor, agp/vga card, pci(s) & ram) except the at/atx power connector.
Remove the battery. Plug in the power and start. Wait for 15 seconds. Unplug...
Put everything back one by one (battery 1st, then vga/agp , then processor, then ram, etc) and each and every time you add the device try to restart.
If your mobo is still usable this should solve the problem...
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