martymas Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 (edited) a friend bought this very old compt to me she could boot and power up now it has gone deadwould this be the power pacor faulty ram the power box is working as the monoter works and lights up it shows a no signal on the screen which i suspect is the video cardthe bloody thing is so old it wouldnt load xp nor ubuntu so thar ya go marty Edited December 17, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Do you hear a single beep when you turn it on? does the fan in the power supply turn?Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pro1driver Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 a friend bought this very old compt to me she could boot and power up now it has gone deadwould this be the power pacor faulty ram the power box is working as the monoter works and lights up it shows a no signal on the screen which i suspect is the video cardthe bloody thing is so old it wouldnt load xp nor ubuntu so thar ya go martywell i have had many pc's in my time show the same screen ("no video signal"), but that doesn't mean the power supply is still working. in fact, with my pc shut off, i get that message too. of course, i would recommend another power supply, say under 200 watts, as this machine is so old. as for the ram, if you can remove at least 1 stick(?) go ahead and try that too, then reboot. i have some very old ram sitting around here, don't remember much about it though, as i gutted out several old pc's over the years. but i DO remember removing a stick (or 2) of old ram, and the machines would come to life. old machines can be fun to work on, as long as you ain't in no hurry to get them up and running.i'll pop-in every now and then to see how this is going. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 sorry team i havent been to the thread for some timeprepareing for xmasok the compt has no life at all the monitor lights up but the compt is dead at first it was workingand i tried to install an operating sys xp or ubuntu but it wouldnt load so the owner tried new ram and that was when the trouble startedi have a feeling the power pac has short circuitedtho ime no authority on power pacsis there any other reason for the compt to die other than the power pacthanksmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 the motherboard may be bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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