Compaq Presario 7470

Locks on start up, no beep codes, no video and no keyboard lights.

Any suggestions?

KC

Reset CMOS and/or replace CMOS battery. Remove all devices/drives/cards and
determine if any of them are the cause.

Dale

Did the CMOS reset and replaced battery. Only card in it is the PCI
Modem. Still no POST error/beep codes. Lights are on for the keyboard, and
power. Owner says it just wouldn't power up one day. No preceding
behavioral to indicate any impending hardware failure. I wonder if it's
just a dead o/b video chip? Will try adding a PCI video card. Hopefully it
will auto detect that(?). If not I'm still open to suggestions.

KC

"DEJ57" wrote in message
...
Reset CMOS and/or replace CMOS battery. Remove all devices/drives/cards
and
determine if any of them are the cause.

Dale

Addendum from the funeral oration of said machine.

The wife made mention that she told him repeatedly to turn the computer
in to the insurance company as part of their claim for lightning damage over
a year ago. The machine has been buried under the remains of his deceased
fathers personal stuff and hasn't been used since before the lightning
strike. She said she knew it was dead because everything else electronic in
the house that was plugged in at the time was taken out by the lightning.

My apologies for bothering to even ask for help, I should have paid
attention and noticed the slight smell of burnt wiring even though there is
no outward sign of a power surge. A component by component test has yet to
find anything salvageable.

KC


"Kevin Childers" wrote in message
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Did the CMOS reset and replaced battery. Only card in it is the PCI
Modem. Still no POST error/beep codes. Lights are on for the keyboard,
and
power. Owner says it just wouldn't power up one day. No preceding
behavioral to indicate any impending hardware failure. I wonder if it's
just a dead o/b video chip? Will try adding a PCI video card. Hopefully
it
will auto detect that(?). If not I'm still open to suggestions.

KC

"DEJ57" wrote in message
...
Reset CMOS and/or replace CMOS battery. Remove all devices/drives/cards
and
determine if any of them are the cause.

Dale