help please

[High_Jumbllama]

You all are forgetting one minor possibility.

Disconnect the power button from the motherbaord and attempt to start the computer by briefly touch a small metal object(tweezers) across the two contacts. If the computer starts, the power button is bad.

One of the machines at work had almost the exact same behavior when a power button went bad.

[Sasq]

Originally posted by High_Jumbllama
You all are forgetting one minor possibility.

Disconnect the power button from the motherbaord and attempt to start the computer by briefly touch a small metal object(tweezers) across the two contacts. If the computer starts, the power button is bad.

One of the machines at work had almost the exact same behavior when a power button went bad.

Tried it

[Sasq]

We went through most of the above (except I forgot about plugging the case speaker in - 8am tech support calls that are pre-coffee are unwise) except for reseating/inspecting the cpu.

Another possability is the ram needs a good erasering...

[ALBPM]

could it be the AGP voltage????

My old CUSL2 did not like the Parhelia so I just had to upgrade.

[KvHagedorn]

If this has onboard video, did you disable it before trying to run the monitor through a video card? See if there is a jumper.