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cbmeeks:
One other thing to remember is that P4's use TWO power cords to the mobo.

Don't forget the small, square 12-volt cord.  But then again, if it's an HP, it may not have that.

Unplug EVERYTHING except the video card, ram, keyboard, and PSU.  Plug in the monitor and see if that works.  Then try installing harddrives, CD's, etc one at a time until you find the one that causes it not to boot.

I doubt it's fried.  Unless you did something stupid like pull out a video card while the machine was running (I had a customer do that once).

cb

truz206:
AHHHHHHHHHH !!!! Monitro Guru!! I love you. It just powered up. The power switch was the problem.

I took a small screw driver and connected the two pins and it powered up right into right there. Everything seems fine and xp is just checking all the new hardare as everything was disconnected. It seems as if one of the wires that was going to the mb got looses and came out of its connector, it looks to be screwed.

Thank you so much everyone for your help, monitor guru you are a life saver.

I just have one more question. How can i wire up a new power button as i dont think i can reuse the old one, it looks shot.

Thank you so much guys!!!

cbmeeks:
Why not use an arcade button?  All you need is for the two pins to make contact.

Wire two wires to the microswitch...should be interesting.  :-)

truz206:
hmmph one problem now that i have got the computer running is that it boots up and operates alot slower than before. Do i have to install all my drivers again and such? Is this normal for the computer to be slower as i just had the whole thing disconnected?

truz206:
wow it is running slow as sin...


Ill open the control panel and it has the searching flash light looking for all the icons. WTF is going on. It cant be the hard drive, The computer may be a bit old but i just got this hd a couple of months ago. I fired up mame as well and ms. pacman was running like a slide show as where the mamewah menus.

Anyone know what the problem might be?

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