[clug] Any ideas on what to look for to get an old PC running?
jhock
jhock at iinet.net.au
Mon Dec 22 04:25:24 GMT 2008
On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 10:39 +1100, Duncan Bolt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If it is that dead then I would open the case and have a quick look at
> the motherboard.
>
> Most of the old Pentium 4s I worked with died for one of two reasons.
>
> Cheap Motherboard capacitors that had leaked, and boiled over. There
> seemed to be a batch with a dodgy electrolyte fluid. Check the top of
> the capacitors normally they have flat tops but when they died they
> bulged upwards.
The capaciters look OK. No buldge, no leaks.
>
> If it is not that then my next guess would be the power supply. Of
> course it is also possible that a cable or something has worked loose.
> eg RAM
All cables seem to be plugged in though I tried to wiggle them again.
>
> Duncan
>
> jhock wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > Thanks for your prompt reply. When I say "nothing" happened. This is
> > what happened:
> >
> > 1. No lights,
> > 2. No fan,
> > 3. no noise,
> > 4. No response at all from the computer even when I repeatedly
> > pressed the power switch (it "clicked" on each press),
> > 5. The monitor came on with a "No signal" message,
> > 6. I swapped the computer power cable with the monitor power cable
> > and 1-5 above repeated.
> >
> > I hope that explains what I mean by "nothing". ;--) ( Sorry for the
> > frivolous mood, I just started my holidays.)
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 10:08 +1100, Chris Henman wrote:
> >
> >> John,
> >>
> >> When you say "nothing happened" what exactly did NOT happen ? Any
> >> lights? Any exhaust fan starting ? Any "beeps"; they are usually a
> >> message, like Morse code.
> >> Have you tried another power cord ? Monitor OK ?
> >> How long has it been out of service? Have you checked the CMOS battery
> >> if it still uses battery CMOS backup? Usually a CR 20xx or something.
> >>
> >> Just a few thoughts I would try.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Chris Henman
> >>
> >> jhock wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks to Ian (I love this list. It's so helpful) I have a power cord
> >>> for my old PC (MISI Pentium 4). I have now unpacked it all from storage
> >>> however, when I switched it on nothing happened. I don't want to spend
> >>> too much effort on it because I hope to soon get an Eee PC 10 with LINUX
> >>> (Once they are available in Australia) but I thought that I could use
> >>> this one as a proxy, print server, game machine for my five year old,
> >>> wireless modem firewall or something. (I prefer to reuse than recycle.
> >>> Its more energy saving.)
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering if anybody has any advice on how to get it to work. EG.
> >>> is there likely to be a fuse inside, is there an area which I should
> >>> "jiggle" when I open it, is there a good spot to bang it like they do on
> >>> TV (Fonze type thoughts here)? ;--)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>>
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