My Tiny pc has died.
It's a P2, 266LX with an AT440LX motherboard.
Basically, nothing happens when it powers up.
i.e. No boot PROM display at all, no beeps at all.
The hard disk doesn't spin up (the light stays on constantly), but the fan works. The CD draw won't open.
Monitor & lead etc are fine as have connected to another pc.
When I take it to bits the following occurs:
If I disconnect the hdd from the motherboard, it will spin up.
If I disconnect the cd from the m/board it will open and shut.
So it seems that the IDE controllers are dead (applies whichever one I connect in to).
But it doesn't get that far in the boot process - not even as far as the floppy - which never even lights up.
I feel the m/board has died, but if anyone has any last ditch thoughts, please let me know.
Unfortunately, being "temporarily at my leisure" I've no access to another desktop to check to see if the disk's ok - I'm working from my notebook - so if the disk has crashed I've no way of knowing.
Luckily, it's all backed up (yeah right)
Cheers to anyone who can help !
It's a P2, 266LX with an AT440LX motherboard.
Basically, nothing happens when it powers up.
i.e. No boot PROM display at all, no beeps at all.
The hard disk doesn't spin up (the light stays on constantly), but the fan works. The CD draw won't open.
Monitor & lead etc are fine as have connected to another pc.
When I take it to bits the following occurs:
If I disconnect the hdd from the motherboard, it will spin up.
If I disconnect the cd from the m/board it will open and shut.
So it seems that the IDE controllers are dead (applies whichever one I connect in to).
But it doesn't get that far in the boot process - not even as far as the floppy - which never even lights up.
I feel the m/board has died, but if anyone has any last ditch thoughts, please let me know.
Unfortunately, being "temporarily at my leisure" I've no access to another desktop to check to see if the disk's ok - I'm working from my notebook - so if the disk has crashed I've no way of knowing.
Luckily, it's all backed up (yeah right)
Cheers to anyone who can help !
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