I accidentally fried a cpu once, and it had exactly the same symptoms.
When I put my old processor back in there, it worked just fine again.
Could be a problem with the power supply too, I suppose.


* Pada Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:03:49PM -0600, fission@mb.sympatico.ca <fission@mb.sympatico.ca> menulis:
> Hello,
> 
> I turned my computer on today and nothing happened; the monitor
> stayed blank and the floppy drive light remained on.  The
> computer didn't make any sounds (which was odd, because usually
> the BIOS will when there are severe problems).
> 
> I've unplugged some of the equipment (the hard drive, the
> CD-ROM, the video card, the RAM, etc) in the hopes of making the
> computer at least beep at me; nothing seems to work.
> 
> I'm at a total loss - any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --fission
> 
> 

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