[TriLUG] No Bootup, need help.

[Chris Bullock]

If your CDROM light comes on as you mentioned in one of your initial 
emails, it does sound like you are getting power and the computer is 
coming on.  What I would check first is to make sure you video card is 
seated firmly in the motherboard.  You can do this by opening the case 
and taking the videocard out and putting it back in the slot you took it 
out of.  Even if your harddrive is damaged you should almost always get 
a BIOS screen on your monitor.  I honestly think it has something to do 
with your video card sometimes small jolts can cause parts to come out 
of a position just a little bit and if they are not in the slot 
completely it will give you a head ache tring to figure it out.  Also, 
check you RAM.  RAM should be locked into place but that depends on if 
it was installed correctly.
Hope that helps.
--cgb

Jturena at aol.com wrote:

>No, the BIOS does not even appear when I first switch on the computer.
> And yes, my KVM switch worked fine before between my two machines, with 
>hotkey 'switching'.
> If I jolted something in the spill it took, what is the first thing usually 
>to go in a very small jolt?
> Is the hard disk a sensitive device when it comes to banging the computer 
>case?
> I have an x86 model that is only a little more than a year old.
> It only took a small spill. (when I slowed down on the Interstate to miss 
>the highway construction barrel and save from running into the other traffic 
>lane.)
> I reckon I may have to have the computer-man come out and check the hardware 
>for me. I do not know how to do that.
>
>Thanks for the reply,
>Jim U.
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