[Dream] help, my "sound" pc stopped working... what to do?

[Nutz]

So, first off, I doubt that a cmos jump will do it. 

I am pretty sure that on that board (I have an old a7a266) the cmos jump 
is two little sauder nubs instead of full pins like they usually are, 
and they are right by the battery.

Those boards try to protect themselves, so if they feel the slightest 
power fluctuation (or say, you put too awesome of a processor in there) 
they shut off and disable themselves.

Try this, this should reset it.

Shut off the machine (sounds like it already is)
unplug the machine from the wall
pull the cmos batt
leave for 10 seconds (but hell, I can't count 10 seconds, so... go grab 
a beer from the fridge, pour it in a nice frosty glass)
put batt back in
plug back in
power on
drink frosty beer

Joao Vilaca wrote:
>
> yesterday i was swapping stuff between the notebook and that computer 
> with a small pen drive. when finished i pressed off and went to sleep. 
> today when i checked the computer one of the keyb lights was on (i've 
> heard its a symptom of keyboard error) but the power was off.
>
>
> when i turned on, nothing happened. i could hear the processor fan 
> running and see the HD activity light on but nothing else (no beeps, 
> error messages or video display)
>
> i started by disconnecting the HDs/DVD and now it's there's only the 
> MOBO/CPU/PSU connected.
>
>
> could it be a cmos error and fixed by doing the CLRCMOS jumper? i'm 
> trying to find that jumper but the board manual is stuck inside the PC :(
>
> btw, it's an ASUS a7v333 and i'm really having a bad time finding a 
> manual for it in the asus website... sucks :(
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> On 3/8/07, *Kudos* <kudos.dream at ntlworld.com 
> <mailto:kudos.dream at ntlworld.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     >
>     > i've left only the PSU, motherboard and processor connected but
>     when i
>     > turn the power on it just sits there with the HD acess light lit :(
>     >
>
>     Maybe you disconnected too much?  What about the Video adapter and
>     monitor?  AFAIK, the boot sequence halts and makes a beep if it can't
>     see a monitor or VGA adapter attached.  I'm not sure if the same still
>     applies for the keyboard (it used to halt about that in the old
>     486 days...
>
>     Can you think of what event might have caused the problem - did
>     the case
>     get kicked or knocked, power cut or were you fiddling with any of the
>     the hardware in the first place?  Just make sure everything's
>     properly
>     seated in their connectors - maybe it needs a good blow out with
>     an air
>     duster.
>
>     Are you using motherboard graphics or AGP/PCI graphics card?  If
>     it's a
>     card, particularly make sure the edge connector is dust free.
>
>     Olly
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