pc not booting

[blito]

on initial powerup my pc won`t bootup at all. it sits there with the fan spinning but nothing else... pressing reset makes the system bootup and there after it runs flawlessly...any ideas?

[Camerhill MoD]

Just an idea, but it might be the power supply. My T-Bird 700 is having similar probs from a 230w power supply - on the first boot, a lot of programs won't load (including vital things like the kernel) but after a warm reset everything works fine.

My girlfriend had exactly the same problem as you, and she solved it by buying a new power supply. If yours is an Athlon, you can pick up an AMD approved 300w PSU from http://www.scan.co.uk (hope this helps!)

[blito]

athlon? i wish... celeron333 which i was given, put into a new abit s1 mobo with a new case and ram. everything else is off my old packard bell carthorse 300 speed twin special.

[werewolf_bite]

oops reread problem and realised my suggestion would not be valid in this case

[Edited by werewolf_bite on 25-11-2000 at 09:10 PM]

[blito]

fair enuff :)
seems to be working first time now....
just wondering if it could be a loose connection- i built the system myself and had a few probs with the fit of various parts, everything was really tight for space and every time i added a new part something else came loose :(
took a week or so of fiddling to get everything to work fine, then this booting prob surfaced...and vanished!

[Camerhill MoD]

Job's a good 'un. Don't puch a gift horse in the mouth...