Sluggers,
I've just inherited two Dell Optiplex GX1 400Mhz boxen which are surplus to some corporations requirements because they won't run XP. So obviously we put Linux on them right? Trouble is that they won't boot.
I was told that they were perfectly functional and even saw one running before accepting them. Both have exactly the same problem which is that on power on the CPU fan and mother board power up, the disk does a quick head movement and the cd-rom clicks, but then nothing. No video, no disk activity, no floppy access no num lock/caps lock light on the keyboard (though the num caps and scroll lights flash just once on power-on). Tried alternate screens keyboards etc, to no avail. Removed the memory, and they beeb loudly in complaint, but putting it back, reseating the CPU etc, nothing. Tried putting in an alternate PCI video card, but no difference. It seems to be more than a component failure, it's as if the boot sequence is in some sort of disabled state.
So something happened to both of them between me picking them up and taking them home, unless my house is in some sort of Optiplex free zone in cyberspace :-( I can't think of anything else that might work.
I've looked on the net and it appears that this problem occurs when overclocking them, but I haven't done that.
Cluesticks or are they destined for the junk yard?
TIA's
P.
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