If you see anything on screen, then the CPU is alive
Well it is then :-)
you can see how healthy in the BIOS.
not sure what you mean by that.
re memory If it's pretty much what you put into the machine (it could be a little less, if the motherboard reserves some for the on-board display), then that's OK as well.
yes, realised after my last post that in fact the "1984MB OK" already reported probably indicated the memory wasn't the problem (which is 2 gig less some amount for something or other, think it was indeed the display)
The interesting thing is, the only way for the system to know what make of drive it is, is to ask it - and so data-wise it's OK. If the name was a little corrupted, then it would be a guaranteed cable not-plugged-in properly.
Yeah, that's what I thought. Actually I wasn't sure if it was an all-or-nothing deal, because maybe it could get the name and still not be fully working. But I don't think it can be the cable itself, at any rate, because of the swopping in or out of cables and alternate drives. If it was anything at that end I think it'd have to be the IDE header on the motherboard, but I've got no way of swopping that.
Since it looks OK though, the drive is fine, and the problem is almost certainly elsewhere.
That it gets into the BIOS is a good sign, as in it could be worse :)
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The difference in memory size is how much you've allocated for the built-in graphics: 2048-1984 = 64M (this is changeable in the BIOS).
Tried connecting (with CPU, fan and RAM installed) just:
the CPU fan connector (or it'll go 'eek, I'm getting too hot' quickly) the 24 pin power connector (or it won't work) the 4 pin power connector (ditto) the chassis speaker connector (so you can hear any beeps) the floppy drive (if you get this one the wrong way around it will appear to be permanently 'on') with that boot floppy the keyboard the display
.. and powering on? Get into the BIOS setup and press F9 (restore default settings) and reboot. It should boot from the floppy (or at least attempt to do so!) and if it doesn't, there is something odd.
The other thing to have a look at is the H/W Monitor page of the BIOS setup. If you leave it on there, you should see the voltages vary slightly continuously (unless that is a staggeringly good PSU!) and the temperature of the CPU vary over time.
Well it is then :-)
you can see how healthy in the BIOS.
not sure what you mean by that.
re memory
If it's pretty much what you put into the machine (it could be a little less, if the motherboard reserves some for the on-board display), then that's OK as well.
yes, realised after my last post that in fact the "1984MB OK" already reported probably indicated the memory wasn't the problem (which is 2 gig less some amount for something or other, think it was indeed the display)
The interesting thing is, the only way for the system to know what make of drive it is, is to ask it - and so data-wise it's OK. If the name was a little corrupted, then it would be a guaranteed cable not-plugged-in properly.
Yeah, that's what I thought. Actually I wasn't sure if it was an all-or-nothing deal, because maybe it could get the name and still not be fully working. But I don't think it can be the cable itself, at any rate, because of the swopping in or out of cables and alternate drives. If it was anything at that end I think it'd have to be the IDE header on the motherboard, but I've got no way of swopping that.
Since it looks OK though, the drive is fine, and the problem is almost certainly elsewhere.
but where... :-(
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These are parentheses: (), those brackets [] are normal.
The difference in memory size is how much you've allocated for the built-in graphics: 2048-1984 = 64M (this is changeable in the BIOS).
Tried connecting (with CPU, fan and RAM installed) just:
the CPU fan connector (or it'll go 'eek, I'm getting too hot' quickly)
the 24 pin power connector (or it won't work)
the 4 pin power connector (ditto)
the chassis speaker connector (so you can hear any beeps)
the floppy drive (if you get this one the wrong way around it will appear to be permanently 'on') with that boot floppy
the keyboard
the display
.. and powering on? Get into the BIOS setup and press F9 (restore default settings) and reboot. It should boot from the floppy (or at least attempt to do so!) and if it doesn't, there is something odd.
The other thing to have a look at is the H/W Monitor page of the BIOS setup. If you leave it on there, you should see the voltages vary slightly continuously (unless that is a staggeringly good PSU!) and the temperature of the CPU vary over time.
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