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by niktone

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ok im trying to give a computer a second life. a Dell dimension 2300. the person took every singthing out except the motherboard cdrom and floppy drives. they took the powersupply prossesor hard drive and hardrive monuting bracket and ram. thee computer was basilly striped. i got a prossesor and powersupply that i know work. i checked the prosessor with the motherboard. the motherboard uses a 1.8GHz p4 with 400fsb and i got a 1.7GHz p4 with 400fsb i have a power supply tester and i also had the power supply in another computer so i know it works. so the problem is is that the computer just starts once when i plug in the power and it never does again once i power it down. and nothing pops up on the screen. i was guessing VGA but to my knowlege that would not affect the computer starting up. the power supply would but it is 100% working so im clueless. and onother thing there are no beeps from the intergrated speaker on the motherboard. get back to me with any ideas
thanks in advance
-Nick

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by Former member

It might work in another computer, but for this motherboard you will need a bit more , how shall i say, KICK!!. So get a bigger power supply, and your beeps will follow.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by willcomp

Odds are that you have a faulty motherboard or power supply. If you are certain that power supply is good, that leaves motherboard as the likely suspect. (Assume that no drives are installed).

A 250 watt PSU is more than adequate for a basic boot.

by oh smeg

Remove the RAM disconnect the Optical & Floppy Drives nd try starting again.

If the CPU is correctly mounted and locked in place and the M'Board & PS are working you will now get a series of Beeps telling you that there is no RAM Fitted.

If it works now plug in the RAM and try again. If it is still working plug in either the Floppy or Optical Drive and try again till it is either fully working or it stops responding. If it stops working when you plug in one item you know what is wrong you need to replace the last item that you plugged in.

Col

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