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From ilug-admin@linux.ie Wed Aug 28 10:49:13 2002
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:56:42 +0100
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From: "Brian O'Donoghue" <Brian.ODonoghue@kbs.ie>
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To: "'ilug@linux.ie'" <ilug@linux.ie>
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Subject: RE: [ILUG] [OT] Dell machine giving me hassle.
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:56:41 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Aherne Peter-pahern02 [mailto:peter.aherne@motorola.com]
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> Sent: 28 August 2002 09:29
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> To: 'ilug@linux.ie'
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> Subject: [ILUG] [OT] Dell machine giving me hassle.
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>
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> Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
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> Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
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> put it to use, I know it was working pre being stuck in the
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> corner, but when I plugged it in, hit the power nothing happened.
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> I opened her up and had a look and say nothing much. A little orange
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> LED comes on when I plug her in but that's it, after some googling
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> I found some reference to re-seating all the parts, but no change.
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> The problem I'm having is that since the power supply is some Dell
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> specific one, ATX block with what looks like one of the old AT
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> power connectors, I cant figure out weather this is a Mobo prob
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> or a PSU prob. Just to futily try and drag this back OT, I want
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> to install Linux on it when I get it working. If anyone knows
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> what the problem might be give me a shout.
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Here is what you do.
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Remove all the PCI & ISA/EISA cards.
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Remove the floppy disk cable from the mobo, the ide cables from the mobo...
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essentially leaving only a video card... ram and a keyboard plugged in.
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Turn on the system.
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If it doesn't POST then, switch it off and remove the video card.
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Switch it back on ... if your mobo doesn't emit some beeps complaining about
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lack of video card then.
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Switch it off.
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Remove it's ram.
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Same procedure as above.
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If you still don't have any kind of mobo beep codes then you can try as a
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last ditch effort to reseat the cpu... (remembering to never ever ever power
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up your system without a heatsink & fan).
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If after reseating the cpu into the mobo... you still get no beep codes,
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from it with just the cpu inserted into the mobo ie(no pci,*isa cards or and
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no actual ide or floppy cables connected to the system)... even though you
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have power... you either have a faulty motherboard or a faulty cpu.
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Once you get beep codes various permutations of the above should eventually
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disjunct which device it is, is causing the lack of POST.
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Power On Self Test.
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Bod
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--
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