i have five PC’s connected to network, 2 of which are old ones used for testing etc. The PC in question is a pentiom 2 with 200mhz speed and a 10GB hard drive – running w2k advanced server. It was only used as the server – I.e. no other programs ran on it. However, it so happened that this particular PC is the only one with a CDRW drive on it. I wanted to burn a data CD (only ever used 4 times before for copying music d’s) and it would not work due to lack of memory. So I diusconnewcted the CDRW and put into another PC.
THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS START!!!
All I did was remove the CDRW by disconnecting the two cables (Power and long one??) and replaced with another CD drive – putting the 2 cables into same places)
The PC wouldnot boot
Tried all usual things – cables pushed in properly, minimal booting, changing bios etc etc. to no avail.
Went to various web sites, and found a similar problem on Microstar (Motherboard manufacturer MS-5158) web site. The solution was to reset bios (using jumper switch), if no good update bios etc, and if still no hope reset CMOOS (Using jumper)
Did all this, but now PC will not start.
It has power to all drives (H/D, floppy and CD), the fan goes round, and the Network card LED flashes, but nothing else. The monitor does not start up, and I can’t get into the BIOS configuration screen – even though monitor has no display, pressing necessary keys has no effect.
HELP!!!!!
