RE: After Power down from WinXP Pro Computer Will Not Power Up

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From: stonekeyboards (stonekeyboards_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:59:07 -0800

Try the simple first.
It was working before and you only switched the floppy cable.
Perhaps you pulled or bumped a wire lose from the motherboard connections.
Like the ........Power button wiring to the motherboard........Check all
your connections.

"AA Smith" wrote:

> I have built and upgraded quite a number of PCs in the IBM ATX
> architecture.
>
> Today, I moved the internals of a computer that has been successfully
> running Windows XP Pro for 2-1/2 years. That computer's internals include
> an ASUS P3V4X Motherboard, 3 ATA-100 hard drives (all controlled by an
> ATA/100 Promise PCI controller,) a CD-RW drive, 3 CD-ROM drives, a 3COM NIC,
> a SoundBlaster PCI card, an AGP video card, and a 3 1/2" floppy drive.
>
> After transferring all internals from my old cabinet to a new one, I powered
> the computer up. It booted and started WindowsXP Pro successfully, though
> prior to starting Windows XP Pro, the motherboard boot process indicated
> that a problem existed with the floppy drive, which I bypassed by pressing
> F1. The problem was easy enough to diagnose; somehow the power cable for
> the floppy disk drive had come loose from its connector/socket. After WinXP
> Pro finished its startup process successfully, I exited Windows by selecting
> Start | Power Off | Power Off. The computer powered down normally.
>
> After disconnecting the power cord from the back of the computer, I replaced
> the power cable on the floppy drive's power connector. Then, I plugged the
> power cord into the back of the computer and pressed the Power button.
> However, nothing happened. I checked to be sure that the small wire from
> the Power button was still plugged into the proper location on the
> motherboard. It was. Nevertheless, the computer will not boot up.
>
> For the moment, I'm not sure what's wrong. I don't know if the 300 Watt
> power supply just happened to become defective at that time, or if something
> is wrong with the motherboard.
>
> So, I shall greatly appreciate your kind help in figuring out what's wrong.
> --
> With kindest regards,
>
> *** Smith
> SmithRMS@Comcast.net
>
>
>

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