[GRLUG] dead computer

[danwiddisii at gmail.com]

Sounds like a system board. I've seen those exact same issues on various
amd/Intel systems. No video is a pretty typical indicator of a bad board.
You may want to check the  capacitors. Sometimes the old caps leak and
cause weird issues. I've been able to bring a board new life by replacing
them. If it has the old style capacitors you'll see them peaked on the top
sometimes with discoloration.

There are still quite a few that have main frames. We work on a wide
variety of systems and architectures.

Sorry for the bad news.

Dan
On Dec 16, 2013 10:55 AM, <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
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