System Will Not Boot

[theoutlaw2001]

I have an older system I bought off of ebay. It is an IBM case, with a 100mHz CPU, 850 MB HDD, 16MB EDO RAM. I loaned it to a friend and it was booting up to Windows 95, My friend, (a complete and total idiot) decided to start exchanging HDD, modems and CD ROM's. When I got the system back, it was gutted. I put everything back together and turned it on only to find that nothing (and I mean NOTHING) happened. It acts as though it isn't getting power, but I used another PS and got the same result. I tried using a different cable to the PS and got the same results. The power supply has two cables that go to the mother board, one to the 3.5 floppy, and 5 peripheral cables. Could this be a bum board? If so, how do I tell the difference between an ATX and an AT board?

[tjaymadison]

Welcome, outlaw! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

IBM has a pretty decent web site. If you get the model
and serial #'s off the nameplate and go there, you may
be able to download a manual or spec sheet. www.ibm.com (http://www.ibm.com)
Look in the Support and Downloads section.

You may just have some connections hooked up wrong.

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[This message has been edited by tjaymadison (edited 05-27-2001).]

[rtd2x]

theoutlaw2001,

"The power supply has two cables that go to the mother board"

Make sure you have the P8 (or 1) & P9 (or 2) connecters hooked up properly. The two red wires on each cable should be in the middle.

rtd2

[theoutlaw2001]

Thanks for your help. I went to the IBM site and used their trouble shooting guide and found that my riser card was causing the whole problem. When I remove it, it boots up just fine. Now I have to find a riser card. Any help would be usefull and appreciated.

[tjaymadison]

Try a Google search on 'IBM riser card'.


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"I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
-- Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer pioneer, analytical engine designer (1791-1871)
-- (Question: 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?')

"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
-- Homer Simpson