oh dear i think it's dead

[optispares]

:hammer: can't even get the bios screen on boot :( need to figure if i have fried the motherboard or maybe the chip :eek: meanwhile will have to carry on with this steam powered 'puter

[John R]

Well jack if it was a dog you would shot it.....
2 things to ponder on duff power supply and blown m/b.
Could try a bios reset.

[optispares]

2 things to ponder on duff power supply and blown m/b.
Could try a bios reset.
swapped the power supply and reset the bios already. no joy :hammer:

[John R]

Ask ""Tomorrow"" If he has a clue....less
Pop in tommorow and i bring a old duron 750 board 4 u to try

[optispares]

Ask ""Tomorrow"" If he has a clue....less
Pop in tommorow and i bring a old duron 750 board 4 u to try
ask tom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! might as well ask a dead man
thanks for the offer of the board much appeciated.
John R
Back with vengeance vengance is mine sayeth JACK

[John R]

thanks for the offer of the board much appeciated.
vengance is mine sayeth JACK
:cheers: Offer who said offer.........:cheers:
Me thinks a trip to pub on friday is in order......

[JRS]

Does it sound like the box is booting? If it seems to make all the "proper" sounds, it could just be a bad video card.

[optispares]

Does it sound like the box is booting? If it seems to make all the "proper" sounds, it could just be a bad video card.
just before it died completley some times on boot it would beep 8 times
i think that is video memory fault ?
i swapped the video card but can't get antthing at all now.
just fitted a new motherboard and cpu . it boots ok now but my intenet connection won't work also cpu usage is 100% all the time .
maybe a fresh install of xp will cure it :confused: :confused: