Win 98 StartUp

h&jeuropa · 02-13-2007, 10:17 AM

This is my first post.

I recently opened up my computer (CyberMax - at least 10 yrs old - AMD chip) to clean the fan in the power supply and the one on the CPU. After that, on power up the computer didn't start. The green power light didn't come on and neither did the red hard drive light. Eventually leaving the power on and pressing the reset button it finally started.

However, on power down, the same problem occured.

Since I never had replaced the CMOS battery, I did that next. The old one measured 3 volts on a meter and the new one 3.3. Anyway, I looked in the CMOS BIOS Setup for funny stuff and probably hit save changes. Computer seemed to work ok after that (yesterday) but today would not boot. Eventually got it to start by pressing reset.

Any ideas? Thanks

Jim Butcher

monkeyfr · 02-13-2007, 10:30 AM

Go back to the bios screen and set it to load defaults and save that

**Deleted090308** · 02-13-2007, 11:19 AM

Hi!
Check the cables (and their connections) inside the case.

Nicholas

02-13-2007, 10:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
h&jeuropa Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 OS: Win98	Win 98 StartUp This is my first post. I recently opened up my computer (CyberMax - at least 10 yrs old - AMD chip) to clean the fan in the power supply and the one on the CPU. After that, on power up the computer didn't start. The green power light didn't come on and neither did the red hard drive light. Eventually leaving the power on and pressing the reset button it finally started. However, on power down, the same problem occured. Since I never had replaced the CMOS battery, I did that next. The old one measured 3 volts on a meter and the new one 3.3. Anyway, I looked in the CMOS BIOS Setup for funny stuff and probably hit save changes. Computer seemed to work ok after that (yesterday) but today would not boot. Eventually got it to start by pressing reset. Any ideas? Thanks Jim Butcher

02-13-2007, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
monkeyfr Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Go back to the bios screen and set it to load defaults and save that

02-13-2007, 11:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Hi! Check the cables (and their connections) inside the case. Nicholas