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  1. DNForever

    Dead Computer Continuted.. Problem Solved

    I don't know.... I just basically tried it as a last ditch effort and only the one set of wires coming out is used, I disconnected the floppy. Weird.
  2. DNForever

    Dead Computer Continuted.. Problem Solved

    I have no idea how this happened, but I connected my original Dell Power Supply, wired it a little differently, and everything works now. Weird.
  3. DNForever

    Dead Computer.....

    So before I get the new power supply, I should get a new hard drive? And when I do hook up each component one by one, I'm worried that they'll short out the system again. Is there a way to test separate parts without hooking them up and risking the PS/Motherboard/Drives?
  4. DNForever

    Dead Computer.....

    Oh, no I'm not going to put that CD and HD back in the computer... I'll try doing that reset thing with the PS as well.... the only thing I'm worried about, is when I get the new power supply I'll try to start without anything connected (all IDE cables, etc) but when I run into something that...
  5. DNForever

    Dead Computer.....

    Ok, I ordered a new Power Supply.... but what you're saying is that even with a new power supply, all the componenets may very well still be dead????
  6. DNForever

    Dead Computer.....

    My old AMD K6-2 computer made a loud firecracker like nose then nothing worked, so I put the hard drive and CD-ROM from that computer in my Dell Dimension 8100 (P4) to see if they were still operational, but upon plugging the power cable in the power supply, instead of my fans whirring...

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