Sarfaraz, Sachin: I'm facing exactly the same issue since last two days. Have a feeling its something to do with
SMPS. Because
I got it started once or twice randomly by touching
the SMPS or
somewhere on the motherboard while powering on.
(Earthing
problem?) Sarfaraz, pls keep me posted if you get
any clue;
ditto from my side. Veer.
Hi Veer,
guess what? i changed the smps and now the system starts up. one problem solved. but i'm into another soup now!
as i mentioned in my first post, the system powered off suddenly while i was working on something. well, actually at that time i was trying to re-install windoze xp. i dual-boot with xp & gnu/linux (mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.2<something>) . xp installed on c: and wasn't working.
the system went off in the middle of the installation process. now when i start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive works but i don't get any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the single beep on boot. the hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some problem with bios. does it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the cmos battery while the system was down?
Sachinji, ramzaam mubarak aapko bhi! can you please help me out with this one?
Regards, Sarfaraz.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarfaraz Kazi" sarzkazi@yahoo.com
the system went off in the middle of the installation process. now when i start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive works but i don't get any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the single beep on boot. the hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some problem with bios. does it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the cmos battery while the system was down?
Check your processor and then MB if your processor works well on another MB. Cross check is the best way to narrow down the posibilities. Remove your processor and refit the assembly, maybe contact problems. This does not have anything to do with software installation.
Rony.
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:35:09 +0530, "Rony Bill" ronbilly@hotpop.com said:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarfaraz Kazi" sarzkazi@yahoo.com
the system went off in the middle of the installation process. now when i start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive works but i don't get any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the single beep on boot. the hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some problem with bios. does it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the cmos battery while the system was down?
Check your processor and then MB if your processor works well on another MB. Cross check is the best way to narrow down the posibilities. Remove your processor and refit the assembly, maybe contact problems. This does not have anything to do with software installation.
as per my observations and experiance some cabinets have this problem ..when you remove the board from cabinet and test it it works fine but as soon as u fix it in the cabinet display goes off .... don't know the reason behind it ... just try this
rk
Rony.
--- Rajkumar Adsule rajadsule@speedpost.net wrote:
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:35:09 +0530, "Rony Bill" ronbilly@hotpop.com said:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarfaraz Kazi" sarzkazi@yahoo.com
the system went off in the middle of the
installation
process. now when i start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd
drive
works but i don't get any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting
the
single beep on boot. the hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates
some
problem with bios. does it has to do anything with the fact that i
changed the
cmos battery while the system was down?
Check your processor and then MB if your processor
works well on another
MB. Cross check is the best way to narrow down the
posibilities. Remove your
processor and refit the assembly, maybe contact
problems. This does not
have anything to do with software installation.
as per my observations and experiance some cabinets have this problem ..when you remove the board from cabinet and test it it works fine but as soon as u fix it in the cabinet display goes off .... don't know the reason behind it ... just try this
rk
the motherboard manual says that you have to short the solder points in order to clear the cmos before you put in the new battery. can anybody please guide as to how to locate these solder points and how to short them.
Sarfaraz.
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