artman wrote:
Looks like it's more serious than I'd hoped. Just took all the cards out of my a2000, right down to the mobo only, removed the cdrom drive (it has the odor of burnt electical stuff in it) and tried to boot with the workbench disk. No dice. Disk drive doesn't start up, no colors on the screen, nothing. Any chance that maybe the CIA's fried? Seems I remember something about them controlling the drives, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I'm not real good at troubleshooting problems of this type. Best regards...Art
Mm. Looks like you fried your PSU, wich is likely given it's age. I mean, I sure HOPE that it's that, because it's quite easy to replace... If the CIA(s) were dead, you'd have signs of life, like at least the PSU humming. I don't know the 2000. I'd take out my multimeter, if I were you.
Don't give this 2000 up. Take care of her, she's very OLD and venerable.
Keep us posted.
pX
