hello all nice 2 be here again ;)



i have a little well big well HuGe pc problem.

it goes like this. ___ 1st i had a pen 466 machinewas wroking great had it for almost 3years running windows 2000 pro. Now i hada cd-r/rw and its a general electric brand a lg. Now it started now burning off and on kept getting a cant follow track error. till yeterday when i tried to

1.clean the dust from the cables inside the machine [that didnt help nr with the cd burner]
2.Switch the cables [now it booted before i cleaned the cable and after that and after i switched the cd burner cable]


:o NOW :o
Here the thing i went back to switch the cd burner cable to the old cable. Now i tried to turn on the pcand it wont come on.
there is no power to the pc.


is there any way i can find out whats wrong

i already tried taking out the battery to clear the cmos and it didnt work. Now it must be getting power cause here is the thing.
My usb joystick still has booth green lights on even though my keyboard which is usb with a different connection on it to make ita regularround [serial cable i think] keyboard it wont light up

but

my joystick will now if i unplug the power cord the joystick lights go out as well. so there must be some power there somewhere.
Also tried the i/io switch in the back and am out of idea's.

there is no beeps no sounds nothing


:( :( :(

can anyone help me

You have a Pentium 466? There isn't a Pentium 466 so thats wrong for a start.

Sounds like an earthing problem. SOmetimes PC's do not power on. Try unplugging the PSU cable that goes to the motherboard and plug it back in again.

If not, take everything out the case, and make sure that the scres that fix the motherboard to the case have little rubber rings around them (where they come into contact with the case).

Sometimes removing stuff and seating it back helps.

thanks for the nfo

ps

the case says pent pro 466 mhz


will try it at least 1 person helped out and it wont be forgotten. :blink:

did all you said stll no go

took it apart

cleaned it

and made sure all connections were back as they needed 2 be in the wright places


{still no go oh well guess its dead since i have no other options/help/advice left :( }

find the plug that goes from the power button on the case to the pins on the motherboard, then unplug it

take a screwdriver, or anything else, and CAREFULLY short the two pins it plugs into, if you do that, it should get power and boot, and if it does, then that wire might be faulty