HELP!

[Fuser Man]

A customer brought in their computer and the problem was no power. I changed the power supply, but now when it powers up it comes to the " hit DEL to if you want to run setup" then the screen goes blank for 1/2 a second and comes back to the " hit DEL if you want to run setup". It just keep going in that cycle. Any ideas?

As you know my computer skills are limited, so give your answers like you're telling a four year old.

Thanks

 

[Q]

There isnt a disk in one of the drives, is there?

 

[Fuser Man]

Nope. I just noticed the CPU fan is stiff too. I think it might be shot.

 

[Fuser Man]

It was the video card.



Bad power supply,
bad vid card,
dead CPU fan
and mobo will not reconize keyboard.


The guy doesn't want to spend more than $100 'cause it's a P150.
Time for a new computer.

 

[fury]

Yep, I'd say it's about the end of the line for that computer. Pentiums are what, 6-7 years old now? That's pretty much the longest a computer (in its entirety) would really last unless the guy felt like replacing the individual parts that died.

 

[Fuser Man]

The thing is SOOOOOO damn slow. Even my P200 seems abit faster than that computer.