I just saved an old 486DX/33 with 8MB of RAM from a mouse torture! The
computer was literally filled to the brim with mouse poopies, litter, and
insulation! Anyways, I cleaned the PC out, and made everything shiny again,
but one problem:
Upon first boot-up, the power supply buzzed and no fan action...Suspect a
power supply you might say???? Wrong! I unplugged the old 125MB HD, and
the power came on! Then went off and buzzed again...I disconnected power to
the old floppies, which were covered with mildew and rust, and FINALLY power
came on, processor fan spun, and keyboard and front panel lights came on,
signifying that the board had power, but nothing on the screen, not even a
memory count, or even a BIOS!
This computer is a Trinity, and since they were in Owensboro, KY, I don't
know if you have heard of them...It's just your average "custom-built
computer." It does have a familiar AMI BIOS, which I know isn't bad, I
guess! I think that this computer was once waterlogged, because of the smell
of the mildew.
One thing might be a clue as to why the BIOS doesn't appear: BAD
processor...The 486 Chip has "VOID" stamped on it! Does this signify a bad
processor????? The original processor was an SX...I can easily upgrade it
to a Pentium Overdrive if this is the case...Any ideas???
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