Hello ... I'm trying to get an old Zenith motherboard to recognize an old IDE Conner CFS270A 270mb HDD. The BIOS will not recognize the Conner HDD on either of the two IDE motherboard controllers (IDE0 or IDE1). The BIOS at POST says "Failure Fixed Disk 0". Within the BIOS ... the IDE Adapter 0 …

Hello ... thanks for all the replies! I ended up shooting some Deoxit into the switch and the PSU seems happy now. I am going to return to this thread for later use re: a PSU tester as I have another PSU with some issues that I plan to get to soon. Thanks again for the help ... and thanks to all who …

gdjacobs ... thanks for the reply. Indeed the switch on my PSU looks identical to your photo. And I'm finding the more I use the switch today ... the less it's having trouble powering on. So I think you're correct ... that it's a dirty switch. Can I use a tad of Deoxit on a switch like that? Anyway …

Thanks for all the replies! So I did as advised and opened up the PSU and blew air through it to get all the dust out and did a quick visual inspection and didn't see anything abnormal ... plugged it in and it will power up about half the time I push the power button. The other half of the time it …

I have an old PSU that when plugged into its motherboard begins to power-up, then dies whenever I push the PSU power button (on or off). The power-up before dying only lasts about 1-2 seconds. I would like to test the voltage of this PSU, however it's on old PSU that has two connectors (marked PS-1, …

Whoa ... I missed that 😀 Thanks for mentioning!

Thanks for the replies. Due to a current medical condition I can't sit in front of a computer screen (my gaming machines(s) for very long. So I've been using my MBP laptop in different recliners, etc. Anyway ... I just discovered DOSBox (thanks for the tip ... and the help files here on Vogons!) so …

Hope this is the correct forum to post this. If not ... I apologize. I use RealVNC to connect to an XP PC from an OSX Macbook Pro (MBP) for playing Windows games. This works well for me because it allows me to be anywhere in the house playing the game on my MBP as long as the XP PC is turned on. I'd …

Thanks for the reply! I reseated the video card's BIOS chip ... but still no beep/no boot, no signal to monitor. I'm inclined to think this card is dead or shorted somewhere since I tested on two different working motherboards. Not sure how to test for shorts across the SMD caps. Might Google that …

Thanks for the reply ... I hadn't thought of that! I cleaned the gold contacts but still no beep/no boot. Is this a common problem for video cards ... i.e. not even getting to POST? Would this be the kind of behavior seen when a video card is trying to use the same memory area of another device? …

Hello ... I have an old Diamond Stealth64 Video 3200 graphics card (2mb PCI VRAM) that I would like to use for some older DOS and Windows games. When I insert in a PCI slot of an old Compudyne AC 486SX/25 PGA motherboard, I get no beep and no boot (I can't get to CMOS/BIOS). Nor is the monitor …