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  1. zrx1100

    New Motherboard required

    Due to a prev problem with a friends Packard Bell iMedia it looks like I am going to have to get a new motherboard for it. It is about 3 years old. Here is the motherboard, http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_columbiagx&ppn=p700401801 Are the PBell's mobo's proprietary or...
  2. zrx1100

    Dead system

    I ended up taking it all apart and re-assembling it, but still no joy when I hit the power button. This time though, I left the power cable plugged into the psu for a few minutes (the longest time since looking at this problem) and the cpu fan suddenly starting to work and the blue led lights...
  3. zrx1100

    Dead system

    Any other ideas out there please, getting desperate now. I have even taken the motherboard out of the case and tried to power up with just memory & cpu attached, still nothing, no fans etc. There is an amber led light on the motherboard when the supply is on, should that be there or is it...
  4. zrx1100

    Starting pc shorting pwr header pins

    Thanks for that, didn't help me though as the system still did not come to life, so I suppose that rules out a duff power switch. I have a previous post going with the actual problem but at least I now know how to short the pins, thanks.
  5. zrx1100

    Starting pc shorting pwr header pins

    Thanks for that, the power switch is on a mini board with no actual wires coming from it, just a few from the board. But as you have identified the correct pins I take it it is just a matter of carefully touching those two on the mb itself, is it safe as there is power obviously going through...
  6. zrx1100

    Starting pc shorting pwr header pins

    I have a problem that I think might be to do with my front panel power switch. I have heard that it is possible to short the correct header pins marked pwr and something else momentarily and the pc should start. Could someone explain exactly what to do, is it the pins that are actualy on the mb...
  7. zrx1100

    Dead system

    As I mentioned in my original post I tried the PBell psu in another of my pc's and it works ok, but not when it is in the PBell.
  8. zrx1100

    Dead system

    If this gives any more clues to the problem, I have heard from the owners that the pc had been rebooting occasionally on it's own in the past few weeks before this 'dead' state occured. Finally, I have taken out the cmos battery for a few minutes but with no change, still no power up, no fans etc.
  9. zrx1100

    Dead system

    Also one thing to mention if it is important, when I put the power lead in the back the 3 keyboard lights do come on initially for less than a second.
  10. zrx1100

    Dead system

    Thanks for the input, still no joy though. Disconnected (power & ribbon) all, memory out so all I had was graphics (on-board), processor, keyboard/mouse attached. By the way it is an iMedia 5064 with pentium 1V and 256 ddr memory. Do you think it is a possible power switch problem, I have seen...
  11. zrx1100

    Dead system

    They seem to say it is about that old, it has a pentium 1V in it so it isn't too old, just wish I could get it going for them.
  12. zrx1100

    Dead system

    Hi, I am trying to fix a friends Packard Bell iMedia pc (about 3 years old). Cannot get any life out of it. I suspected the power supply but tried it in one of my pcs and it works fine. On the P Bell, got a light on the motherboard and a green network light next to the rj45 network socket at the...
  13. zrx1100

    /dev/rb

    Does anybody know what the above file is? Mine has gone astray on my Openserver 5.05 system. Many thanks, Phil.

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