Put computer into my closet 2 years ago and it worked now it wont POST
#Computer wont POST
edgy cave
Posting specs would be ideal
gusty solstice
1.15ghz Athlon Thunderbird, 384mb pc133 sd ram 3x 128mb sticks, ATI Radeon 7500, x2 40gb ide HDDs
i tried another known good PSU same result
edgy cave
Did you follow the instructions
gusty solstice
yeah
edgy cave
You unplugged the psu from the wall?
Popped out the battery
Held the power button for 10 seconds
Then replaced the battery
And plugged it back in
And tried to turn it on.
edgy cave
This system is pretty old it could have just died.
gusty solstice
its from 2000
edgy cave
Yeah 22 years it's basically an artifact
gusty solstice
motherboard probably needs recapped
guess i should find someone that knows how to do that
edgy cave
The amount of money it would cost to do that wouldn't be worth it to be honest
gusty solstice
it has sentimental value
edgy cave
Keep it if you want but the drive will be the important thing out of that system
gusty solstice
this was my main PC up until 2006
edgy cave
I had that computer basically not as high end but same case I know the feels it was my first personal windows experience.
I had others but with win95 and 98
But nothing I could use daily
gusty solstice
would just replace the motherboard but i think anything from this era is going to have the same problem
caps are a pretty common issue
edgy cave
Yep also it would be prohibitively expensive to get something from that Era
gusty solstice
Update: managed to get it to POST
removed it from the case
took everything off the mobo and hosed it with contact cleaner
must have had some oxidation somehow
odd because it wasnt dirty at all
and was stored in a climate controlled area
still need to replace that one bulging cap on the GPU