tofu.captain wrote:

> All of that sounds like a lot of work that takes a lot of time. I do
> not have a multimeter and am not really intereseted in spending the
> time swapping parts in and out. Although clearing the CMOS sounds like
> something worth trying.

If youre not willing to swap parts I'm not sure theres that much one
can do to help. Fit an old pci vid card, remove agp card, clear CMOS
and if necessary set to default on bootup, and boot it with a dos
floppy (eg win95/98 startup disc) to see if it'll run something.

Why a dos floppy? Often PCs will boot into DOS when they wont work with
win, and its a quick easy basic function check.

If this fails, give it to someone willing to sort it.


NT