[TriLUG] OT Computer wont boot up

[Roy Vestal]

Couple of things to try:

1: Reseat the RAM. Make sure you have discharged any ESD by simply
touching the power supply with the power supply *OFF* (no nasty shocks
please!). 

2: Check all cables and power connections, esp. keyboards. Some M/B's
will fail post with no keyboard plugged in.

3: Remove all components, including disconnecting FDD/HDD/CDROM, with
the exception of the video. Try booting. Obviously the farthest it will
get is "no operating system found". If you do get this, plug in your
drives one at a time, starting with your HDD and see if you can get it
to work. Make sure the cables are connected pin 1 (stripe side) to pin
one on the drive and the board. Sometimes M/B's will not POST correctly
if the HDD cable is backwards.

4: Offer pizza and soft/hard drinks to your favorite TriLUG'er to come
over and help you look at it. Sometimes a 2nd set of eyes is all you
need.

On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 02:39, Merle Watts wrote:
> I hav a via mini ITX.  Tuened it off about a month ago.  turned it on today and it doesnt't want to work.  Goes through post test and after it says verifying dmi data   it stops and will not go any further.
> 
> Anyone have any idea on what usually causes this.  
> 
> Thanks
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