re: new motherboard old hard drive old cd rom
Friday, October 28, 2005 at 12:33 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by carol shaw
(4 messages posted)
I have tried with the 300W power supply unit in the tower , I have also taken this
out and replaced it with a 400w power supply from another machine i have , the 400w
supply works fine in the other machine and so i assumed it would work ok in this
one , the machine does access bios however the display mentioned earlier about no
master devices being found might suggest a problem with the board as i have tried
another more powerful supply , sorry to be pest but this is doing my head in and
i am frustrated to the point of remodelling the old pc with a 16lb sledgehammer .
On Friday, October 28, 2005 at 12:09 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote:
>Generally speaking, if the computer comes on to the point where you can see the
BIOS
>settings on the screen and the CPU heat sink fan is spinning, any power difficulties
>to other components would first cast doubt upon the power supply, not the motherboard.
>
>So if the BIOS setup program is being displayed on the monitor and there is no power
>to the CDROM (no front LED, no drawer activity when the open drawer button is pressed),
>then try using a different power lead and Molex connector (the 1" wide white connector
>with four wires).
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