I, too, have a Dell 8400 running Win97 Multimedia Edition and got the CMOS battery message everytime I booted. Left it on after relocating it tonavoid having to reset the clock all the time. About a year ago, after long period of not being used, I shut it off. Now I am back to replace the battery and clean off files. The power button will not light and nothing on the PC powers up. And yes, I verified the several outlet stips used were powering other devices just fine!
Thoughts? I'll start with the battery if there is a chance that could allow it to power on...doesn't seem logical it would do that... Is replacing the power supply worth the effort? Maybe I should just yank the HDD and take it somewhere to copy files to the cloud, or buy an enclosure in case I decide it is worth the effort to get the old photos and docs off it?
All my current devices are ChromeOS or Android...so I am not sure how much good an external drive will do me. Maybe I could convert it to a network drive on my wifi system? If I could get it to run again, I might convert it to a ChromeOS or Linux OS...anyone want to buy it for the parts!!
Lots of ideas there. Any help is appreciated!
Ed
Thoughts? I'll start with the battery if there is a chance that could allow it to power on...doesn't seem logical it would do that... Is replacing the power supply worth the effort? Maybe I should just yank the HDD and take it somewhere to copy files to the cloud, or buy an enclosure in case I decide it is worth the effort to get the old photos and docs off it?
All my current devices are ChromeOS or Android...so I am not sure how much good an external drive will do me. Maybe I could convert it to a network drive on my wifi system? If I could get it to run again, I might convert it to a ChromeOS or Linux OS...anyone want to buy it for the parts!!
Lots of ideas there. Any help is appreciated!
Ed
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