Jtterbug
Experienced Member
I still don't hear a beep. What now?
So we need to determine if it's the motherboard that is faulty, or the power supply.I still don't hear a beep. What now?
Yes, if it has the required connectors that fit to a 5150 motherboard. Otherwise you would need to purchase adapters. If you have one with the required connectors, try it.Will a modern Power Supply work?
We don't know if you have the original IBM floppy drive or whether it has been upgraded (e.g. to a half-height one).Ok.
Is there a trick to removing power from the floppy disk? It is in such an akward spot...
I'm confused. Minimum configuration does not include the HDD. Was the HDD connected or disconnected from the power supply in your minimum configuration test?Ok. I tried minimum Configureation. No luck. However the HDD is spinning up. Could it be the 8088?
We haven't even yet determined if it is the motherboard at fault, let alone the 8088 chip on it.Could it be the 8088?
Yes. You can if you want, remove both the power supply and hard drive from the computer, and do the test away from the computer.Could the test be done outside of the computer?
These machines are old, way past their design lifetimes. Don't expect them to have the same reliability that modern electronics has.One thing, Was this enevitable, or my fault?