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Zer0ink
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 03:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bought new, used Computer

Turned it on 2 dozen times and all worked fine

Unplugged mouse and key board and plugged in wireless mouse and key board

Bios failed ... Screen blank..power on motherboard and processor fans etc.

Stripped it down to MB , Processor, Ram , Video Card , Monitor and power supply which resulted in bios showing up on monitor

put it all back together and again it failed...stripped it and still failed...left it for two days and ran it bare again and it booted to bios ...turned it on again and it failed again

Fails most the time

Battery is good

Am I missing something..something else i should check? No visual damage or blown capasitors

only two things in common processor and motherboard...all else got tested with another device (ram, video card, PSU etc)

Athlon 1200, GA-7ZX motherboard, pc133 SDRAM

Any ideas will help
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boxwrench
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 11:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try cleaning contacts on ram and re-seating then give it another try-also if you have more than one module installed try them one at a time.
Hope that helps.
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_ 		27. April 2006 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
when the computer doesn't post, is the wireless keyboard & mouse hooked up??
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Zer0ink
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_ 		28. April 2006 @ 03:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
doesnt matter which key boards or mouse i use
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haimback
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_ 		28. April 2006 @ 06:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The fact that the system boots intermittently suggests a bad connection somewhere, is it possible you knocked a power connector to the mobo /HDD/ a fan? Or an IDE cable? When you try the PSU in the other system are you also testing the cable from the mains to supply?

Maybe brushed against something when you tried the wireless kit. Always worth a check.

Haim

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