Gateway P3 600 Monitor Problem after upgrade
Hi All,
I recently upgraded a gateway P3 with 128 mb ram with a 80 GB hard
drive.
Now, opened the case , cleaned it out of old dust (carefully).
When I plugged in the new hard drive and re started the machine the
monitor did not turn on. In fact it fails to come out of standby mode.
So I put in the old hard drive.
same problem.
Took out the AGP card , put in a PCI one, old hard drive , same
problem.
Took out the soundcard, modem, network card, all the items, put in AGP
card, same problem.
Same problem wth PCI.
There are no strange beeps or anything else that could tell me what
the problem is. I was wondering if anyone else encountered the same
problem, a problem like it, or could give me any pointers as to what
is wrong.
BTW, the new 80GB hard drive works fine. Tried it on another computer.
Rob
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can be fun ;). And if it's under hardware warrenty still you may get a new
monitor out of it.
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Unplug system from wall, remove memory and video card, then return
them. Plug back into wall and try it. If it's still not working
consult manual for the CMOS reset jumper location (use it).
This likely has nothing to do with the monitor, usually the system
isn't POSTing, initializing the video BEFORE it gets to the monitor.
The one thing that might help if it WERE the monitor, would be to also
unplug it for a moment if it's the type with a soft-on power button
(meaning a logic circuit with internals always powered even when it
appears to be "off").
Dave
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You will not believe what happened.
Ok, there was no post messages, and I could not get into the bios.
Took out the P3, put in a p2, nothing happpened.
Put back in P3 and booted the computer, everything was fine.
How strange is that !!!!?????????!!!!!!!!!!!
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Make SURE your IDE cables are on correctly (not reversed), or in most
cases your computer will not boot. In fact, you might try booting
without any IDE cables attached to drives just to establish if this is
where your problem lies. Of course, there are other things that cause a
boot failure such as RAM failure, processor failure, or dislodged power
connector. Start to simplify your problem and notice any audible error
codes when present, these will tell you where your problem lies.
Ken
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