Non Boot with Win98 2

[walkinman]

I don't have a shutdown problem with '98. However, I do have an intermittent problem with the system not making it to the post screen, even. And this happens, ONLY with a restart! I recently replaced the power supply which had a couple of fried capacitors.

System specs: Homebuilt
FIC AZ11 KT133
Duron 600 with approved heatsink and fan
256 mb Kingston value ram
Geforce 2 MX
Maxtor 13.2 gb 7200 HD (Windows is here by itself)
Maxtor 15 gb 5400 HD
Western Digital 30 gb 7200 HD
300 watt Antech power supply
D-link 10-100 network card
Aurora sound card (sound disabled on MB)

Any suggestions? A bad/cracked motherboard maybe?

 

[edfair]

Reseat the stuff that can be reseated. Other than that , you'll need a logic probe to see if the processor is cranking. On older systems this was a symptom that the oscillator chip on the M/B was flaky. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply.

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[walkinman]

Thanks, I have another processor I can try. But would this happen only when the system is restarted?

 

[walkinman]

Ed, I have tried reseating everything previously, which sometimes works, sometimes not. I removed everything but the processor and video card at one point, trying ti isolate the culprit. I've removed ONE piece of hardware at a time. All with the same results. Last night, I gently pulled the MB toward the front of the case, and the machine rebooted, leaving me again to thnk, maybe the MB is bad or has a crack which separates during normal heat up.
Thanks for your sugggestions.

 

[tlcscousin]

Motherboard might be touching the case and shorting.Could try reseating it.

 

[walkinman]

Thanks, Ed and Shovel204. It seems there was a short. I'm putting in new standoffs.