Hello all,
I have an old PC I put together almost 9 years ago. It's a P3 700 MHz slot 1 system with a DFI mainboard. It's been a workhorse over the years and been very reliable (which has not been the case with several other computers/MBs I've put together in the past few years). I didn't need it for awhile, so I powered it down and put it in a closet for about 6 months.
My laptop recently died, so I'm trying to use this as a 2nd computer, but now I cannot get it to boot. It won't even post. The CPU fans spin up, the HDD spins to life and makes its preliminary clicking sounds (normal for this HDD), but then it just sits there. The monitor says "Your monitor is working correctly, check the video signal."
Does anyone have any suggestions? It was working great the last time I used it and there were no untoward events in the closet (like water damage, etc). I've tried replacing the CMOS battery and clearing the CMOS repeatedly to no avail.
I'm going to try a different CMOS battery, but would appreciate any suggestions you folks might have.
Thanks,
-BlazingDragon
I have an old PC I put together almost 9 years ago. It's a P3 700 MHz slot 1 system with a DFI mainboard. It's been a workhorse over the years and been very reliable (which has not been the case with several other computers/MBs I've put together in the past few years). I didn't need it for awhile, so I powered it down and put it in a closet for about 6 months.
My laptop recently died, so I'm trying to use this as a 2nd computer, but now I cannot get it to boot. It won't even post. The CPU fans spin up, the HDD spins to life and makes its preliminary clicking sounds (normal for this HDD), but then it just sits there. The monitor says "Your monitor is working correctly, check the video signal."
Does anyone have any suggestions? It was working great the last time I used it and there were no untoward events in the closet (like water damage, etc). I've tried replacing the CMOS battery and clearing the CMOS repeatedly to no avail.
I'm going to try a different CMOS battery, but would appreciate any suggestions you folks might have.
Thanks,
-BlazingDragon