Pc Will not start

Sorry, it is actually older than i thourght, but it is only for an 11 year old starter, please be paitent, i am a pc virgin, ha ha.
Here goes.

Club 70/H, intel celeron 466
Intel 810-L (100 Mhz)
64 meg ram dyna shared with graphics (dvmt)
8.4 gig HD
On win 98 2nd ed.
Hope this helps.
Mark

Mine is only 333 on a 66 MHz bus.

Did it ever work when you had it??? Have you added anything to it. Why is it open? [We humans sometimes have a way screwing things up even with good intentions].

That model/speed CPU were not very hot running, some ran with a heat sink and no fan.

Probably doesn't require much of a power supply. Do you have another supply to try?

No need to install it. Just set it on the bench [table] plug the PS cable into the mobo and plug the supply into a hot outlet. Do NOT have the old supply powered up. No need, but to be safe unplug the signal cable from the hard drive and floppy. Nothing else should receive any voltage.

This is just to see if the system comes up and the supply and fans keep running. If it does, just buy a new supply, maybe one with a 50 watt or so rating than the one you have.

My bro give it to me to try and fix, Yes it was working before we got it cos the guy took all his persnal stuff off it while he was there.
Nothing has been added or taken away, are kid tried to set it up first, he stated that the monitor would power up but the tower would not, it was on a twin power supply.
I opened it up to see what happened, to a smell of burnt plastic, i replaced this to an identical a previous project of mine.
The old supply was knackered, looked and smelt burnt out.
I connected the new supply and looked what happened, the Power suppy fan and the processor fan spun for a couple of seconds then stopped, i thorght it might have been the switch, i replaced this also to no avail.
As mentioned, the l.e.d light came on as well, ive not got a clue!
Definatly not the power supply, ive tried another 2 since, same results.

Very lost!

tower and the monitor being on a twin power supply.

Are you certain that the power supplies that you are trying have enough capacity to power the sytem?

When trying the other supplies, are you only powering the mobo with CPU/HSF and memory???? Forget having anything else connected. Trying to find out if possibly there is a short on the mobo that causes the overcurrent circuitry in the power supply to cause the supplies to shut down.

It should power up with only those items, no keyboard or mouse, either.

When the full set up was connected originally, i.e, monitor, tower keyboard etc, etc, the whole thing powered up, the monitor light powers up but no action on the screen, i.e, win 98 logo or such activity, the tower light does not come on either which suggest power is running through the whole system in order for the monitor to turn on.
Now when i opened it, i could smell the distinct :Burn out: smell, later on i discovered that the power supply was faulty, it sparked and spitted, i replaced the supply with an identical one to which the discussed topic happens, i.e, fans spins briefly the stops.

took out some other components when it failed. finding which one may be a rather complex procedure and cost more than buying another old computer that is working when you get it and with a 30 or 90 day warranty.

A note, the Monitor does NOT get its power from the tower. The monitor has its own power supply] in it and they are powered from the AC Plug. The video card in the Tower provides a video signal to put on the monitor screen, but it is not a source of power.

You might want to inspect the large capacitors in the area of the CPU for signs of bulging or leaking. If there are any such, it is time to replace the mobo.

a pc that old is not woreth having lety alone fixing! get a new one/ but if u still want to fix it , check switch on back of pc! that also cuts the power! and of course check plu on both ends to maker sure they are plugged in