Now, someone has given me a Compaq PC to fix for them.

Now after taking the cover off I notice:

The HDD is "huge" a Quantum 5.25" series.

Now, you fire it up the LEDs come up, HDD grinds - but it doesen't POST - no OS loading, no IDE drive detection, no nothing.

I leave it a couple of times, re-boot... 2/5 times it booted the OD and the others nothing.

It's a P2, 64MB SD-RAM, AT PSU

Any ideas? Then I can go on from there.

Alex

First thing I would try is disconect the hard drive then reboot, the hard drive was know as a big foot. if it boots without the drive then theres your broblem.

Fraid I tried it without the HDD..

I think it's scrap heap time...

However. he claimed it worked POSTed and booted the OS etc before it was in my hands - and the only thing has changed is:

I have it rigged on a TFT
I have my keyboard and mouse - both PS/2.

So nothing has really changed

Alex

When you powere it up you hear it going through the motions but nothing appears on screen?

Just a thought but it could be the video isn't setup for the TFT's refresh rate? Have you tried it with a normal CRT?

What about resetting the Bios?

I can't get into the BIOS - I'll try it with a CRT...

Ta

Alex

But firstly how the hell do I put my AT PSU back together... P1 and P2 together and then P3 next to it... but which way do they fit - the flat side facing the top or bottom?

Alex

All sorted - it's going to be outed.

Alex

What turned out to be the problem? 8)

The previous owner had allowed the cat to sit on the top of the coputer and as it was facing as a rectangle all the fur had got into the PSU... But I said at that age etc best to out it .

Alex

PS

Pentium 2
64 MB RAM
Cat-furred PSU

Pretty shot IMO

Just in case any body else has a compaq problem, their 'chat' style help available through their website is quite handy.

Originally posted by Strix
Just in case any body else has a compaq problem, their 'chat' style help available through their website is quite handy.

True but having them locate the problem to being a cat having sat on top of the computer may have taken a while.

Originally posted by amhudson119
Pentium 2
64 MB RAM
Cat-furred PSU
Old yes... definitely past the "use by" date for a desktop user but still useful... Word of advice, keep a hold of the easily storable parts such as RAM, CPU, floppy drive and any CD/DVD drives you can get out of the machine..

You just never know when someone you know will need a spare...