No Boot, No Power, No Idea

[DarthFurby]

I have a 500Mhz PIII which recently stopped working. Running pretty well for 2-3 years except for 2 problems:
1) sometimes it would reboot spontaneously, and
2) the clock/date settings were either behind by a day or two, or would completely restore to the default.
But everything else worked fine.
Now the computer won't power at all. No lights, nothing. I removed the motherboard, with only the power, RAM(3 S-DRAM 128MB PC100 sticks),and Graphics Card(Diamond TNT2) connected. Reset the CMOS. Jumped the power connection with a screwdriver and it worked a couple times but only sporadically. Now it won't power up at all.

Any ideas? I have the option of cannibalizing the computer I'm currently using(400mhz celeron with no documentation whatsoever) but wanted some feedback before trying anything else.

[Ghost_Hacker]

If it where just the timing/date errors I would suggest replacing the CMOS battery. But because of the other problems I would say the motherboard or the processor has had it. Look here (if you haven't already) for someother ideas to try before you toss 'em.
http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/mbsys/gen_Failure.htm


Hopefully someone else may have some other things you can try.


Good Luck http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 01-17-2002).]

[Paul Komski]

Now the computer won't power at all. No lights, nothing.
It seems to be stating the obvious, but if all "is dead", what about the Power Supply itself? Or have I missed something?

Funny dates/times = think CMOS battery - (like Ghost suggested).
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Take nice care of yourselves - Paul

[This message has been edited by Paul Komski (edited 01-17-2002).]

[Seph-Oh]

Hey it sounds like your cmos battery. Why don't you just go buy a new one and plug it in there and see what happens.

[Randy_tx]

Even if the cmos battery were dead as a hammer....the system would still boot unless something else is wrong...which I'm sure is the case. It sounds like a power supply gone; however, without knowing more of the symptoms which you experienced prior to it dying...a PS is only a guess.

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XP didn't save Me !

[DarthFurby]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I accidentally created 2 threads on this topic and after some feedback discovered it was the motherboard. The CMOS battery was also probably dead but that's kind of academic now. Thanks guys!