>> I pulled the ram so I could play with it in a different machine, and when
I reinstalled it, it would not boot up.
Are you certain you are putting the RAM into the _same_ sockets? I've done
that before. You also might try this trick. Clean the chip contacts using
a pencil eraser, then reinstall.
Last, try prying off the "Dell" logo and see if it starts to act like a
normal computer...<grin />
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of michael hast
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:42 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] My P3
Hello, all.
I have a 933MH P3 w/512MB that I have been running as my second desktop
machine. I rescued this puppy from a corporate dumpster and brought it
home. When I first started playing with it, it didn't want to boot up.
After multiple attempts, I finally got it to boot on Knoppix. Then, I
installed a HD and ran Debian on it for long enough to decide that it would
be a compotent second machine. Then, I tried out Suse 10.0 on it, and
finally installed XP on it so I could use the factory drivers for my Epson
r200 printer (I didn't like the Gutenprint interface for cd design.)
recently, I pulled the ram so I could play with it in a different
machine, and when I reinstalled it, it would not boot up. It will come up
to the initial screen that says "Dell" and that's it. I tried swapping to a
stick of 256MB, and it did the same thing. I put the 512 back in and
swapped the processor for a 500MH Celeron and it booted up just fine. I
slapped that 800MH Via C3 in there, and it did the same "Dell" screen and
just froze there. I'm at a complete loss here. If the Via had worked, I
would have shrugged it off as a fried CPU, or if
the ram had made a difference... ...you see where I'm going here.
Does any of you have any ideas on what might have gone wrong here?
Thanks in advance.
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