On 1999-09-01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Hi All.
>My friend was given a 486 motherboard, together with 2 CPUs and 4
>SIMMs. Unfortunately his current computer is an IBM 386SX, and
>doesn't accept standard motherboards. So we've tried the 286 case I
>had lying around.
His current computer sounds like a PS/2.....it's a good computer...don't let
him junk it. Depending on the model, it will have a few different upgrade
paths.
>We managed to get the motherboard in the case (fairly nicely; most
>of the holes even matched up :) And hook up the power cables to it.
>The motherboard is very good looking and jumperable to different
>CPUs, with a VLB bus and 256k cache RAM.
I would try the MB outside of the case. I suspect you have shorted the MB
to the case.
>Anyway, we didn't have any other cards, so we put the video card
>from the 286 in (ISA VGA one), and all the SIMMs.
Would these be 30-pin simms? If so, how big are they? Does the MB have any
built in memory?
>PS: As I think of it, we hooked up the speaker, and there was no
>beeps or anything. The Turbo button and LED seemed to work.
I would disconnect all the buttons on the front of the case. I have made
the mistake of hooking up the wrong things, and that was the reason I was
having problems.
>Thanks in Advance for any help or suggestions.
>(The next problem is getting something more than the 40MB harddrive
>;)
Where are you? I have several spare drives that I could let go cheap. I am
in Battle Creek, MI USA. Canada is easy enough to ship to, if that's were
you are.
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
Net-Tamer V 1.12 Beta - Test Drive
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