hp a300n hd doesn't spinup unless ide cable is not connected. Also, bios doesn't boot and monitor doesn't show any thing. I assume the bios is not working and so the computer appears "dead". It seems to me the bios battery could be dead and the bios has "lost" the boot program, or the MB is dead, or the CPU, or the HD controller is dead, but then the monitor would come on? It also it could be a number of things.
I'm posting this to see if someone has had this problem before I start tearing the computer apart! I am not new at this, so please limit answers that I already know, like the HD does power up with just the power supply connected, Thanks
I'm posting this to see if someone has had this problem before I start tearing the computer apart! I am not new at this, so please limit answers that I already know, like the HD does power up with just the power supply connected, Thanks