[ltp] Saying hello and confirming what i've found

[Richard Neill]

Jason wrote:
> no sir, no beeps or flahes. the fan does come on and the cd rom boots 
> itself
> up, but besides that no other reaction. also, the little light with a "z"
> inside of an "o" comes on and thats it. any thoughts?

Sounds bad! It's unusual for a BIOS not even to POST (power-on self 
test), and to make a beep code.

1)If you re-insert your old CPU, does it work ok?

2)What happens if you power-on with *no* CPU?
(That should force a beep code).

(The OZ light is a "spark", for power, btw)

Richard

> 
> On 7/28/06, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> Jason wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > I am very new to IBM's.
>>
>> Welcome - and good luck!
>>
>> I have a T20 sportin a P3 700mhz cpu. I recently
>> > picked up a 256mb ram stick but wasnt able to score 2, so i just 
>> plugged
>> in
>> > the remainder 128mb with it as well. I also replaced the hd with  a 
>> 60gb
>> > hitachi one i had layin around. So far so good. I also updated the bios
>> and
>> > everything.
>> >
>> > I purchased a 1ghz cpu from www.acs.com and it matches IBM's FRU #, but
>> > when
>> > I put it in, it doesn't boot up.
>>
>> As in, it doesn't even power on? Does the machine do anything at all
>> when you hit the power button?  A series of beeps? Flashing lights?
>>
>> Richard
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