First post, by Chupperson
I just rebuilt my old 286 which had been in pieces for several years. It needed a new video card and I now had one so I reassembled it and it booted fine.
I got an error message about C: having an error, so I assumed I didn't have it set up correctly in BIOS. After a few tries, I got what I assume was the right hard drive configuration, it went to the second boot screen (with all the system information in a table) and after that it went immediately to the ROM Diagnostics screen and it froze there. I couldn't get it to do anything so I turned the system off.
I turned it off, waited a bit, and turned it on, and now nothing happens at all. No RAM test clicks, no beep, no text. The screen flashes like it's getting a signal, my LEDs turn on, and my hard drive spins up.
Is it possible I somehow corrupted the BIOS ROM? I have a ROM burner so I could theoretically burn a new one if necessary. Anything else should I try?