Pc not booting up

[Nishant]

I agree! Messing around with the system more could do more harm than good.

 

[ghpk]

are there any unused TX pins near the main connector ? (one near the IDE connectors)
pic is small and I cannot see if its wrongly connected.

 

[dextermorgan]

 

[dextermorgan]

Let me attach a pic. BTW I removed CMOS battery and replaced it again ..got the following error

 

[Sushubh]

Y NU THRED?

 

[mani_56]

look like a big problem....it might be motherboard also

 

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[Sushubh]

ok. now i am getting suspicious.

 

[dextermorgan]

Tried clearing CMOS? If not, try this:


[*]Remove plug from the mains.
[*]Remove CMOS battery and insert it after say 5 mins
[/list]Try switching on the system.

Thank you This did the trick. System gave out 3 beeps before starting again. After entering correct date and time in bios menu system started fine. However it gave a warning that you need to format A: before using it. I didn't had any A: drive before. Should I format it?

 

[Sushubh]

Format a floppy drive you don't have?

 

[dextermorgan]

Also I was careful with system while cleaning it. So I was sure it was some small problem.

And it also showed an error saying media cable was corrupt or some thing . so should I change the cable connecting hard disk to mb?