Re: FN-FORUM pc boot problem

date posted 6th January 2003 22:04

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> 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 ?

Is it a P4 or Athlon machine? If so, check the additional PSU connection (a
2x2 pin plug) has been made - the symptoms of not doing so match those your
client is experiencing.

> tia,
> Darren Yates

HTH,
Alex.
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