>From my experience, most of the time it's just some oxide on those contacts. I >used to scratch them a little bit with a screwdriver (enough to clean the >oxide from their metallic contacts) then put them back in slots. I did that >many times and it worked well, but please be careful.
Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] PC Only Booting when Reset is pressed > > How should I clean them? > > Frank. > > Frank Cazabon > Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com > > Referrals are important to us. > If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please contact > me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. > > > On 22/07/2010 11:57 AM, Grigore Dolghin wrote: > > I would try to clean up the RAM slot (the metallic parts), and also the > contacts on the RAM itself, because I suspect some electrical problems > there. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon > >> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:38 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [NF] PC Only Booting when Reset is pressed > >> > >> Oh well, I spoke too soon. It started giving trouble again yesterday. > >> The symptoms were very similar in that pressing the power on button > >> would result in the green power light coming on, the orange hard disk > >> light would flash once or twice and then nothing would happen. > >> Pressing the reset button didn't do anything this time. I opened the > >> PC and took the RAM out and put it back in again, unplugged the bus > >> to the hard drive and plugged it back in again, then restarted the PC and > >> it > worked. > >> > >> Any ideas what could be causing this? Is it time to get her a new PC? > >> > >> Frank. > >> > >> Frank Cazabon > >> Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com > >> > >> Referrals are important to us. > >> If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please > >> contact me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. > >> > >> > >> On 19/07/2010 08:13 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks everybody, so far that looks like it was the problem. I > >>> changed the battery yesterday and everything seems to be running > >>> smoothly so far. > >>> > >>> Frank. > >>> > >>> Frank Cazabon > >>> Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com > >>> > >>> Referrals are important to us. > >>> If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please > >>> contact me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 17/07/2010 02:57 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Tracy > >>>> Pearson<[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On 7/17/2010 9:02 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> 2. If I press the reset button from this state, we then get the > >>>>>> boot up screen and a warning about "Please re-setting the cpu > >>>>>> frequency in cmos". If we press F1 as instructed, the PC > >>>>>> continues and boots up fine. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> It sounds like the CMOS battery is dead. If it is user > >>>>> replaceable, you'll probably find a button battery on the mother > >>>>> board. If not, it could be soldered onto the board as a blue shrink > wrapped batteries. > >>>>> Some of the older mother boards I worked with during that time had > >>>>> a pin terminal which an external CMOS battery could be attached. > >>>>> > >>>> I agree. > >>>> Frank: It's worth checking this as sometimes CMOS batteries can > >>>> leak acid! > >>>> > >>>> BTW, the blue batteries are easily replaceable, but require a > >>>> soldering iron. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
