Dead PC

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue Aug 14 15:58:27 2001

I just pulled one of my excess 5150's out of storage today and had the same
problem. Pulled and reseated all cards, PS cables P8 and P9, lifted and
reseated the dram chips and 8086/8087 processor chips and she works fine.
Although my storage is dry, we are in a humid area and the storage has no
A/C or heat.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Matt Wilda
-> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:27 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Dead PC
->
->
-> > That's what I did with my first PC. I had an XT and a PC, and I
-> > thought the PC was dead because it wasn't booting like the XT. Then I
-> > left in on while messing around with the XT, and all of a sudden it
-> > booted. I felt much better, knowing that the second half of my new
-> > acquisition booted too, even if it did take longer :-)
->
-> No, it isn't that. I remember before when I first turned it on
-> there would be a flashing cursor in the upper left corner of the
-> screen. Now there isn't even that. I waited several minutes
-> and there were no beeps or disk activity, either. And I know
-> the monitor works because I tested it on another computer.
->
-> > I sold the PC on Ebay after I was tired of it.
->
-> Yeah, I'm the guy that bought it :-) This is your old PC. BTW,
-> a friend of mine was able to get me another monitor for it.
->
-> I'll try messing with it a little more this afternoon. Thanks
-> to everyone for the suggestions.
->
->
Received on Tue Aug 14 2001 - 15:58:27 BST