[KLUG Members] dead pII

[bill]

Ok, here's what she does w/no vga and no memory

1 beep
3 beeps
3 beeps
1 beep

Buist Justin wrote:

> Yank the video card out... see if you get 3 beeps when you power the machine on.  Heck, yank the memory out too -- strip it right down to nothing just to see if you can get it to toss an error out on the little PC speaker.  When I can't get hardware to do at least -that- then I just give up.
>
> Justin Buist
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bill [mailto:bill@billtron.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:26 PM
> > To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> > Subject: [KLUG Members] dead pII
> >
> >
> > I've got a dead machine (PII, I think, the one with cpu on
> > the long card) where
> > the user didn't realize the steadily growing growling sound
> > were the bearings on
> > the fans failing and the suddenly quiet operation wan't a
> > sign of improvement.
> >
> > Anyway the user got a new machine, but I'm wondering the MB is at all
> > salvageable for my daughter going to a new school.
> >
> > Replaced the fans.  I've pulled all the cards and installed a
> > generic VGA PCI
> > card.  Pulled the memory and replaced it.  Pulled the HD.
> >
> > But, it won't even show a post screen on power up.  Any ideas?
> >
> > kind regards,
> >
> > bill
> >
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