Re: FN-FORUM pc boot problem

date posted 6th January 2003 20:23

> Never heard a cmos battery causing such a program.

I'm clutching at straws now then.

>Have you tried removing the video card ? that can
> normally cause a system beep.

Yeah stripped everything out, no beep checked the
internal speaker wire for the xth time.

I may just try another case to make sure the speaker isn't
at fault although I doubt it is there's no image on the monitor
at all when the graphics card is in.

regards,

Darren Yates


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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM pc boot problem


> Never heard a cmos battery causing such a program. Normally if you don't
> get any sound at all (not even the beeps). It would seem unusual getting
2
> bad board consecutively. Have you tried removing the video card ? that
can
> normally cause a system beep.
>
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> Regards
>
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> Darren Spink
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> After the xmas break one of my clients has come back to work to
> find one of their pc's dead. After swapping boards and power supplies
> I've got he fan turning on the cpu. But there's no beep on start up
> not even when taking out the ram to force one. Am I right in thinking
> this could be a cmos battery problem ?
>
> tia,
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> Darren Yates
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