no boot up---burning smell

[darbykidd]

Hi. I just bought a used pentium 2 computer. When I got it the processor and fan were loose in the case. So I hooked those back in and started the system. It worked fine then about 5-10 minutes later I smelled a faint burning smell is how I would describe it. Just as I was about to shut it off, it automatically restarted but nothing came up on the screen. I then inspected all the connections, with nothing looking wrong. When I start it up now, it just clicks for a couple seconds like usual but no beeps. The cpu fan is running, and the floppy drive runs continuously from the moment i hit the switch. The hard drive light is red. What do you think is the problem?

[Randy_tx]

If you are lucky the power supply went out .......if you are unlucky you had a short on the motherboard as a result of some device not being seated into a slot far enough. If you are unlucky.....it's gonna get kind of expensive to get it back up and going again.

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"I didn't have a relationship with that OS...Win ME."

[Randy_tx]

Woops......you said the cpu fan was on....it's NOT the power supply! The floppy light staying on means you have the floppy drive cables on wrong. I think you have a shorted out the motherboard....OR you dont have one of the devices seated properly on the mainboard and it shorted out. If it worked ok for a few minutes and then the burning smell......thats usually a short. Yikes!

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"I didn't have a relationship with that OS...Win ME."