you mean... it might be a problem with the TOWER?

Post #41,208 by cwbrenn 6/4/02 10:41:30 PM Reply	you mean... it might be a problem with the TOWER? Oh... if that turns out to be the case (ahem), I'm just going to cry. A lot. :P LOL "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #41,217 by folkert 6/4/02 11:15:20 PM Reply	Case in point! Yes... I could be convinced of that! If it turns out I boxed the problem... you gotta put it in the strip! Something like "super computer program and hardware crippled by $.01 power switch" That'd be gr8! Hope (not really though) that is all it was. `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #41,263 by cwbrenn 6/5/02 10:57:44 AM Reply	Ok, it's not the case because I opened up a case that I knew worked (because I could boot on that machine, heh) and attached that "on" switch to the motherboard in question, and used that case's "on" switch to power up the MB. Same problem. Since that configuration was working correctly, I went ahead and put the new CPU in that and tried to turn it on. No dice. So I'm wondering if perhaps I damaged that one while trying to install it. I don't know why they warn you not to press down on the CPU while installing the heat sink, and then make the heat sink impossible to hook up without using every goddamn muscle in your body... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #41,341 by folkert 6/5/02 9:13:38 PM Reply	BOG.... Wow, I'd have to have it in front of me... Wish I had developed those remote hands sooner than later. `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!`
Post #41,359 by Ashton 6/6/02 1:40:39 AM Reply	On using force - if you find some cockamamie way to support the board right under the CPU socket while persuading.. it helps. Any chance of returning the mb + cpu and let seller 'test' it? Offhand I'd say that you have logically substituted about everything except the Powered By ____ decal. (Except, as Wade hinted at in another forum -- if there was a problem with the case-mounting - say Not making a one-point good ground? - well just maybe it'd work sitting on a piece of insulator and plugged in to all the entrails) Luck, Ashton
Post #41,384 by static 6/6/02 8:00:48 AM Reply	Grounding motherboards. A friend had a problem with a motherboard some while back. Basically, he set it up on a desk to test it all prior to putting the thing in a case. Wouldn't boot reliably. So he found the docket and rang up the vendor. Took it over to them, whereupon they powered it up on a known insulated surface. It ran fine. :-) Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."

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