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From: Mo on 12 Feb 2006 14:31 Hi I've inherited a Advent 3408A PC http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/pc/3408a.htm Everything sounds as though it is powering up ok. There is also a red light on the motherboard. I can see the fans working too. The monitor is definitely in working order as I have tested it on another machine. The green light is on but the display just says 'Attention No signal Input' I've removed and reseated the memory. I even tried booting it with just one memory stick (there are 2 and I tried with each of them) in case this was the problem. I've checked all other connections and removed and replaced the battery. There are no beeps either (would I hear this even without speakers in?) Apparently, before this problem began, the pc wouldn't boot up. There was an error message on a blue screen but the person who gave me the pc can't remember what it was, although they are thinking there may have been a hard drive problem. Any suggestions would be brilliant. Thanks in advance
From: philo on 12 Feb 2006 15:20 .. I've checked all other connections and removed and replaced the > battery. > There are no beeps either (would I hear this even without speakers in?) > Apparently, before this problem began, the pc wouldn't boot up. There was > an error message on a blue screen but the person who gave me the pc can't > remember what it was, although they are thinking there may have been a > hard drive problem. > > Any suggestions would be brilliant. > > Thanks in advance > try resetting the bios... there is usually a 3 pin jumper near the cmos battery... with power off...you move it to the "other" position for a few seconds... then back again
From: Mo on 12 Feb 2006 16:42 Thanks, Have just done that.....left the jumper on the new position for about 3 mins....is that enough?......still no joy when I put it back though. any other ideas? Cheers Mo "philo" <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:epGdnfeB_6I7BXLeRVn-jQ(a)athenet.net... > > . I've checked all other connections and removed and replaced the >> battery. >> There are no beeps either (would I hear this even without speakers in?) >> Apparently, before this problem began, the pc wouldn't boot up. There >> was an error message on a blue screen but the person who gave me the pc >> can't remember what it was, although they are thinking there may have >> been a hard drive problem. >> >> Any suggestions would be brilliant. >> >> Thanks in advance >> > > > try resetting the bios... > there is usually a 3 pin jumper near the cmos battery... > > with power off...you move it to the "other" position for a few seconds... > then back again >
From: philo on 12 Feb 2006 17:00 "Mo" <maureen99pingpong(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:kZNHf.778$QB.4(a)fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > Thanks, > > Have just done that.....left the jumper on the new position for about 3 > mins....is that enough?......still no joy when I put it back though. > > any other ideas? > > Cheers try a minimal hardware cfg... ie: unplug all cards (but video of course) disconnect harddrive, cdrom and floppy etc. if that still does not work you will need to substitiute parts... such as trying another powersupply etc
From: Face on 12 Feb 2006 20:30
> Mowrote: Hi > > I've inherited a Advent 3408A PC > > http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/pc/3408a.htm > > Everything sounds as though it is powering up ok. There is also a red light > on the motherboard. I can see the fans working too. > The monitor is definitely in working order as I have tested it on another > machine. The green light is on but the display just says 'Attention No > signal Input' > I've removed and reseated the memory. I even tried booting it with just one > memory stick (there are 2 and I tried with each of them) in case this was > the problem. I've checked all other connections and removed and replaced the > battery. > There are no beeps either (would I hear this even without speakers in?) > Apparently, before this problem began, the pc wouldn't boot up. There was > an error message on a blue screen but the person who gave me the pc can't > remember what it was, although they are thinking there may have been a hard > drive problem. > > Any suggestions would be brilliant. > > Thanks in advance There's not much else you can do that hasn't already been suggested without swapping parts out. eg video card. then again it could be the motherboard or CPU, but start by switching the card out if possible. you said you tested the monitor on another machine. you could try putting the video card into this other machine and testing it that way. |