System: FUBAR
Mar. 11th, 2004 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupSo, today my goal was simple: Put the CD and floppy drives back in my old PC, along with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
taxlady's old hard disk, thus clearing space to work on her machine. Install a larger hard disk in her machine and start installing Windows XP, in anticipation of her returning from her meeting with some more RAM.
Well, she returned 7 hours after I started and I was still cursing the old PC. I can't get the HD, CD and both floppies all working at the same time, although I suspect its a Bios configuration problem. Okay, so I find places to stash the pieces of my old machine, so I can install the RAM intaxlady's. A hour of contortions and swearing later, I have the RAM in and ... nothing. Her machine won't boot, it won't beep, it won't do anything. I can't even get the fan run. There's power in the outlet, and the power cord is good. I've checked all of the connections 3 times, and it all looks good. I even put the original RAM back in to see if that was the problem. No dice. At this point, I have TWO dead machines, and I'm out of ideas. Well, almost. The power supply in my old pc might be ATX compatible. If it is, I can use it for a test, but I rather suspect it isn't.
What I need is someone who knows hardware better than me, and can make a free housecall...
taxlady's old hard disk, thus clearing space to work on her machine. Install a larger hard disk in her machine and start installing Windows XP, in anticipation of her returning from her meeting with some more RAM.Well, she returned 7 hours after I started and I was still cursing the old PC. I can't get the HD, CD and both floppies all working at the same time, although I suspect its a Bios configuration problem. Okay, so I find places to stash the pieces of my old machine, so I can install the RAM in
taxlady's. A hour of contortions and swearing later, I have the RAM in and ... nothing. Her machine won't boot, it won't beep, it won't do anything. I can't even get the fan run. There's power in the outlet, and the power cord is good. I've checked all of the connections 3 times, and it all looks good. I even put the original RAM back in to see if that was the problem. No dice. At this point, I have TWO dead machines, and I'm out of ideas. Well, almost. The power supply in my old pc might be ATX compatible. If it is, I can use it for a test, but I rather suspect it isn't.What I need is someone who knows hardware better than me, and can make a free housecall...
