[GRLUG] dead computer

[patrick at upmerchants.com]

I've been doing this kind of stuff myself for over 40 years, but it  
was mostly ibm 360/370 type equipment.  The pc type stuff has just  
been from about 1999 / 2000 when I started with Caldera linux.

You said mainframes also.  Are there many sites in GR still running  
big blue?  I did some contract programming at Meijer's in 1997 / 1998.

Also forgot to mention that when I power on the computer I get a "No  
Signal" message on the monitor.  So that should mean someting too but  
I don't know if it is helpful.





Quoting "danwiddisii at gmail.com" <danwiddisii at gmail.com>:

> Patrick,
> They usually do - however I've seen them not beep as well - I don't mean to
> be cryptic - but I've seen just about every type of failure out there -
> it's fairly typical to have them not beep on memory errors now days.
>
> If you can get it to power up to post and it crashes - (if you can) try to
> download and burn that memtest86 disc and see if it'll boot off that - if
> no luck you'll just have to work one thing at a time.
>
> You may want to pick up a static strap (to protect parts/pieces while
> swapping them out) - you'd be amazed at how a small amount of static
> electricity can affect parts.
> If you have a friend with the same type of memory see if you can work out
> testing with their memory. That might save you some money.
> Tigerdirect/Newegg have great deals on memory/system boards during the
> holiday's so that may be a good time to upgrade/replace anyway.
>
> Hopefully you'll get things worked out. I wish I could help but my current
> pc is a little older (not to mentioned packed) since we're moving to
> Florida next week :)
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Dan
>
>