Do you think he messed with the BIOS? On some boards there is a Keystroke command that will reset the BIOS back to default if you hold it down just before POST. This is common on boards built for over clocking.
Rick -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Home made system dies...*sigh* Well..the puter has been running fine for about three years now. And I didn't make any changes. Bad thing is...the last person to use the machine was my step brother who 'visited' whilst I was in Mayaro over the last long weekend. So I'm pissed at that..but I can't think what he could have done to cause something like this..since this seems completely hardware based. I will try over the weekend to solve the problem, first checking the memory and then inserting the PCI video card and let you guys know how it goes. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Ihrig Paul E Cont 88 ABW/EM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] gel take it to a tech if you have them there! same thing happened to me about 6 weeks ago! i freaked out.. turned out that i used extra screws to mount the mb that where un-needed & shorted out the video card & fan.. so without fan it wouldn't run right... spent a good 60 bucks at a mom & pop shop NOT a big corp. compu shop... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
