PC Crashed after upgrading 98 to W2K

[davidlarew]

The fan jumps, so I know it's getting power but that's it.
Could it be from over-heating? What is the best way to troubleshoot? I have an AMD K62 with 128 Ram, and two HD's.

I installed the Win2k and it restarted / converted everything fine... then it went black...???
Tia,
David

 

[exceeeduus75]

I would try to connect the computer to another monitor to ensure video card is fine.Open the computer and check cable connections to your primary hard drive, and check BIOS settings. Try a reformat ,and if to no avail, you may need to replace your hard drive with a new one.

Exceeeduus75

 

[Enkrypted]

I wouldn't recommend reformatting and reloading just yet. Have you tried to boot into Safe Mode to see if you get video of any sort? If so, check in Device Manager for any errors. Try resetting the video settings to default and see if it works. It could be a simple case of a corrupted video driver or incorrect driver.

Enkrypted
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[G0AOZ]

You said "The fan jumps, so I know it's getting power but that's it" and "... then it went black".

Do you mean the fan starts to turn then immediately jerks to a stop? And which fan are we talking about? You will have PSU and CPU fans and maybe others in the case. Can you hear the hard drive spinning? Does the monitor display anything when the machine is booting up? POST screen or WHY?

If none of the fans are turning and the hard drive is silent, it could point to a possible PSU problem. But we need a bit more info...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[davidlarew]

Thanks for all your efforts. I think it's the CPU fan. No power is getting to the HD's. It quits immediately after a hard reboot. I read that Win2k is very picky on RAM. Could it be a RAM issue???

 

[G0AOZ]

You said "It quits immediately after a hard reboot." This implies it was running immediately prior to you doing this...?

You need to start from square one. Disconnect power cables from all drives. Disconnect all ribbon (data) cables from the motherboard connectors that lead up to your various drives. Remove all plug-in cards from motherboard slots. Disconnect mouse and keyboard, and anything else that's plugged into the rear motherboard sockets. Remove RAM. Carefully identify and remove the front panel connectors (reset, power switch etc) from the motherboard headers.

Check that the CPU fan rotates freely. Now try powering up the motherboard. You will need to momentarily short the power switch connectors since you've removed the front panel switch. Does the CPU fan rotate? If it just "jumps" as before, check the PSU fan. Is that turning?

If not, it's pointing towards a PSU failure. Has the motherboard been disturbed at all? Any likelihood of a screw having got underneath and shorting out part of the circuitry? The only way to check thoroughly is to remove the motherboard from the case. Now you have the motherboard out, lay it on a piece of cardboard or other insulating material and try powering it up again. This will at least prove it's not being shorted out.

ROGER - G0AOZ.