Problem with ECS 741GX boot. Fry's system

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I should mention that the box is here at work now hooked up to
completely different working perifs so there is no cord/wire/perif
conflict.

JohnF


On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:14:58 GMT, JohnF <mpi-brwNADA@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>One of the guys here at work got one of the $200.00 GQ systems from
>Fry's. I set it up, loaded XP instead of Linspire and all was well.
>One of the kids at the house yanked out the monitor plug and now,
>after plugging it back in, it won't boot up at all. It "touches" the
>keyboard for a second and each of the CD drives (not the A drive
>though) but no BIOS beeps and no video at all (doesn't even bring the
>monitor out of power-save mode). The C drive light is on but no
>activity from the drive. I tried using a bootable CD too, nothing. I,
>also, put in another PCI video card just for grins but still nothing.
>
>I'm thinking the Mobo is damaged, any other ideas??
>
>TIA
>
>JohnF

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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:14:58 GMT, JohnF <mpi-brwNADA@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>One of the guys here at work got one of the $200.00 GQ systems from
>Fry's. I set it up, loaded XP instead of Linspire and all was well.
>One of the kids at the house yanked out the monitor plug and now,
>after plugging it back in, it won't boot up at all. It "touches" the
>keyboard for a second and each of the CD drives (not the A drive
>though) but no BIOS beeps and no video at all (doesn't even bring the
>monitor out of power-save mode). The C drive light is on but no
>activity from the drive. I tried using a bootable CD too, nothing. I,
>also, put in another PCI video card just for grins but still nothing.
>
>I'm thinking the Mobo is damaged, any other ideas??
>
>TIA
>
>JohnF

I assume you erased the cmos.
PJ

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New mobo solved it.

JohnF



On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:58:18 -0600, PJx <me@privacy.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:14:58 GMT, JohnF <mpi-brwNADA@sbcglobal.net>
>wrote:
>
>>One of the guys here at work got one of the $200.00 GQ systems from
>>Fry's. I set it up, loaded XP instead of Linspire and all was well.
>>One of the kids at the house yanked out the monitor plug and now,
>>after plugging it back in, it won't boot up at all. It "touches" the
>>keyboard for a second and each of the CD drives (not the A drive
>>though) but no BIOS beeps and no video at all (doesn't even bring the
>>monitor out of power-save mode). The C drive light is on but no
>>activity from the drive. I tried using a bootable CD too, nothing. I,
>>also, put in another PCI video card just for grins but still nothing.
>>
>>I'm thinking the Mobo is damaged, any other ideas??
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>JohnF
>
> I assume you erased the cmos.
>PJ

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who paid for it?
was it replace under warranty?


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:06:21 GMT, JohnF <mpi-brwNADA@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>New mobo solved it.
>
>JohnF
>
>
>
>On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:58:18 -0600, PJx <me@privacy.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:14:58 GMT, JohnF <mpi-brwNADA@sbcglobal.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>One of the guys here at work got one of the $200.00 GQ systems from
>>>Fry's. I set it up, loaded XP instead of Linspire and all was well.
>>>One of the kids at the house yanked out the monitor plug and now,
>>>after plugging it back in, it won't boot up at all. It "touches" the
>>>keyboard for a second and each of the CD drives (not the A drive
>>>though) but no BIOS beeps and no video at all (doesn't even bring the
>>>monitor out of power-save mode). The C drive light is on but no
>>>activity from the drive. I tried using a bootable CD too, nothing. I,
>>>also, put in another PCI video card just for grins but still nothing.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking the Mobo is damaged, any other ideas??
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>
>>>JohnF
>>
>> I assume you erased the cmos.
>>PJ